DIY oil changing for first time in 30 years- questions

Bill Saunders <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:22:07 -0400
Newsgroups alt.autos.ford
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
With Covid and my mechanic, who's still open part time, in and out of 
many cars all day, I feel at my age that I can't take the risk using him 
currently, so for the first time in 30 years, I'm going to change the 
oil myself on my '03 Ford Taurus Vulcan 3.0L OHV 170K mile car. 
Although ordering all the supplies online has been pretty painless, I 
was overwhelmed with all of the oil options available.  I have a few 
questions:

1)  With 170K miles, should I use plain oil or "high mileage" oil? 
There also appears to be different types of "high mileage" oil, with 
either synthetic or conventional options.  For now, I decided to choose 
this

  https://tinyurl.com/y4sva4le

2)  I plan to use front ramps to elevate the car for easier access.  Any 
issues using ramps?

3)  Again, overwhelmed with oil filter options so went with a Fram 
PH3600.  Ok or not?

I already have a filter wrench, pan wrench and catch pan so ok to go 
there, but in addition to answering the above any other suggestions 
welcome.

Thanks in advance!