Hi folks, I want to give this engine an oil change and it has one of those small manual pumps at the back (with virtually no room to pump it). No oil is coming out of it when I give it the best pump I can (couple of minutes). So now I think I need to unscrew the sump nut but it's real hard to get to (who installs engines to really tight spaces???) Can't get it undone and can't remember if I need to screw it clockwise or counter clockwise to get it off and drain the oil.
Can someone confirm which way to try and unscrew the sump nut?

Cheers

I have a Mini 23, probably older than yours, and my manual doesn't mention the extra mm on the dipstick line with the engine at an angle. I have probably been under filling as I fill below the line.
Where is the dipstick hole on yours, about the middle fore and aft on the engine?

Engines are designed by engineers to really p*ss off mechanics, nothing is ever easy to repair on an engine by design, in the end of times engineers will be hang right after the lawyers.

The engineers who designed oil pans specified to rust out will be hanged first. As MB noted, dipstick location will influence the reading.
I read the handbook, measured engine angle off horizontal, re-marked the dipstick full line accordingly, and have since checked this when refilling oil with the specified volume.

Hi Gents, some good responses (Thanks) and great humour. I'm learning the pain element in boating around wasting a few hours of your time with an engine and getting nowhere (that's the none money expended pain). Happened to me yesterday, jobs lined up and nothing worked. Went home in defeat and it sucked.

Bushdog
"To unscrew the oil plug, it has to go anticlockwise. Imagine you're lying under the sump, looking up at the sump plug. It has to be unwound anti clockwise">>> Thanks Bushdog. Noted on the oil collecting at the back of sump. Makes sense to me now. I will chase up a manual vacuum pump from eBay (what's the name of it?) and run it after I run the engine a bit. Will do the oil filter at the same time. I think my motor is 17 degree's off horizontal but will check and notch the dipstick accordingly.

MB the dipstick hole on the Mini 14 is on the left side down low about half way back (right behind the oil filter so it's extra hard to get at...because life is just way too easy)

Tradies/Engineers/mechanics...someone has to hang! I need a midget to help me work on this thing.

Cisco good idea re: sump metal line with sea cock but too much for me. Will try the manual pump from eBay and keep looking for a midget mate to befriend.

Appreciate your comments. I'm not normally mechanical and this is my first yacht (and it's cheap and I'm a tight arse) but I'm enjoying the learning curve and challenges so far and I hate to get beaten. Someone needs to write a book with the collective boat knowledge and experience of blokes like you.

Cheers

Hi MLC, I've used a PELA oil extractor, the 2.5 litre model. About $80 on eBay but Whitworths have them on special for $40. The 6 litre model is about $140. Once I've used the extractor pump attached to the engine, the PELA gets another 500ml out. If you're using it as the only extractor you'll likely have to empty it mid oil change, but that's no major drama. They suck the oil out through a 1-1.5mm line, so it's not fast.