F-250 Diesel

You are not even close. You either have the wrong manuals or whoever wrote them was on crack. Get a bucket or something to stand on if you are less than 6' tall. On top of the engine, on the front there is a large black plastic panel with

2 bolts. Don't remove that. From the passenger side of the truck look under that panel. You will see a round thing with a black lid. That is the fuel filter. On the bottom of the back side of that is a little yellow lever. Look really hard, it's there. Flip the yellow lever (OK, I forget which way) . Diesel will now drain all over the place from below the engine. Flip yellow lever all the way back. Done. BTW, you should change the filter ever 15,000 miles. Ask if you want to know how.

Sometimes you have to loosen the fuel filter cover to get it to drain properly. This is the big black lid under the black plastic cover. Lay a screwdriver on it's side to loosen the cover. Draining and filter replacement can be done without removing the black plastic cover that is bolted on.

You don't need to loosen anything. The next time you need to drain it, do it while the engine is running. If you want to drain the water without the engine running, just open the petcock and turn on the key and the fuel pump will pressurize the canister. No tools are required either way.

Just make sure you have a bucket ready or do it over dirt.....Unless you have someone you don't like then do it in his driveway:)

It is behind and under the plastic cover with the two nuts and the logo on it. The drain tube comes out near the passenger's side wheel well. I bought a piece of hose and a clamp so I could have a convenient place to catch it.