Is there a simple way to figure out where the leak is coming from?

 

Look for the highest point. Oil won't go up.

 

lol, fair enough!
Last night I installed a rear view mirror in the car, I was really missing one of these! Pic in garage.

 

Dash area is shaking a lot while driving...is there a way to tighten that up?

 

Previous owner/mechanic probably left half of the screws out after taking the dash off. There are a lot of them that should be there.

 

mine too but im leaning twords one of the wheels needing alignment.. could be your problem..? the shaking i mean dash and door panels like mine!

 

That might be it...I know it needs an allignment

 

problem solved.. maybe! balance wheels 2 because on my last 5.0, the faster i would drive the more it would shake, turned out to be that one of my wheels needed a good balancing!

 

Odd fact: The Mustang had full oil before I got an oil change a few days ago but it hadn't been changed in months it had just been sitting before I bought it. It had a very small oil leak before. I take it to get the oil changed and then the next two days it's a pretty noticble oil leak (posted a video) I went out there last night to check the leak on the cardboard I had put down the previous night and didn't see any oil on it...

 

when removing the oil filter on a 5.0, it is very common to spill oil on the steering components and front sway bar. If not cleaned off at the time of the service, it will drip off and look like a leak.