Ah -- a simple method that involves dexterity. That's right up my line!
Not.

But the advantage to this method is that if I fumble it, I use Plan B
which is to just let it all drain and put in with new oil.

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 13:09 -0400, David Beierl wrote:

> At 11:30 PM 7/20/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> >Do I have to bite the bullet and just reach into the stream and hope to
> >get the plug started before too darn much oil has sluiced down my
> >sleeve, or is there a smarter way?
>
> The trick, if you can call it that, is to hold your hand so that the
> oil drains off your fingers instead of down your sleeve.  It's not
> really a big deal.  A two paper towel job at most, more likely one.
>
> The problem I see with all the proposed solutions except removing the
> filter (vis a vis mess) is that afterwards you have  a piece of messy
> gear to deal with.  And the small but noticeable amount of oil that
> falls out when you remove the filter is harder to keep confined in my
> experience than the flow from the drain hole.
>
> Yours,
> David
>