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just to set the record straight...................im NOT the vintage dirty bike king...............
im the vintage dirty bike LOVE SLAVE!
typical example: notice pesky leaky petcock on 1982 concours husky 250XC. so i order from amigo craig comontovski(sp) at husky club .com a $35 petcock for UNOBTAINIUM malcom smith dezert tank.
this kiddies 99.9999999% of the time is mere childs play to install. in my case...........threads are FREEKING STRIPPED on piece coming from dezert tank, so the lil pesky leak has now turned into a full blown
yer screwed leak.
sooooooooooo.................as i write i am pondering how to solve this in the least most aggravating manner that doesnt lead to my mental meltdown and a trip to the looney bin. my evil plan(hold my beer and watch this poo) is to pull petcock after draining REFILLED TANK, is to drain fuel,pull new spendy petcock, clean threads, then measure OD and then joyfully buy some goofy ass metric DIE that i will never use again in my life, and hopefully rethread tank nozzle. then place back together and pray for the best,whilst pouring fuel back in.
now when it leaks again(of course it will) i will then have (2) choices.
1) remove seat and tank. remove tank nozzle and start a search for a part that will be a giant PITA to find and source. if i find part or something similar from grainger or somewhere. pull nozzle out of tank, reinstall nozzle with long 4 fingered bend-o gripper thingy tool, and start all over,whilst consuming insane amounts of beer.
2) roll the damn thing out of outbuilding, kick it over on its side, and THROW A MATCH!
yep vintage bikes just like vintage anything.....................PITA!
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