I am done. Lessons Learned
1. Thanks to Pete trigger an idea; I almost did not lose one drop to concrete
I used that painters plastic underneath my 15 quart catch pan and what did splatter ( which was not anywhere near as bad as I was expecting) got caught by the plastic.
2. I was able to remove the existing oil filter by hand
So given that I know I always hang tighten I did not worry about using the The Ford Motorcraft Filter that I had purchased. I should not need a wrench tool to remove in future either as I change oil frequently and lubricate it pretty good.
3. When I started to remove the Oil filter (expecting a mess) I stopped unscrewing as soon as I got the oil to barely to drain, I just let it drain itself to a crawl and slowly opened up further and until it was a very slow run. All of that oil hit the drain pain
4. Added my Fumoto F106N and the lever clip. Based on location I am not sure why anyone is concerned with something on the road hitting it as it is safely protected by the axle. Mine came with the lever clip but that valve is not going to come open unless it was never closed.
5. As Pete stated adding the oil proved to be a challenge
The only drop of oil came from a minor spill between the 5 qt container and the funnel when I was 1st trying to pour oil. There has got to be a better way
I put in exactly 7 quarts. I had two 5 qt containers. At best I could only get 4 quarts out into the oil fill, I had to find an empty 1 qt oil container to add the 5th, 6th and 7th qts. Need a super long flex oil spout but what a pain.
FWIW, my one time plan to use the Mighty Vac to drain the oil from dipstick tube was unsuccessful. Not sure why not because the suction tube was exact same length of dipstick, but for whatever reason, it never got a draw of the oil from crankcase, after about 40 pumps I gave up and went with the old fashion method; but I had no mess
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