TBird
If I ever go near the Duke with a wrench again.....dammit!
Oil change last night, was a complete and utter disaster. I'm no gorilla-hand -nor am I particularly delicate- so when the ratchet suddenly broke loose while tightening down the bolt on the oil filter cap, I didn't think much of it. When I went to give it that last little nudge, oops. No bolt-head. I'll foul your filth you filth'n-foul!! What the hell?! ...and the damn thing was NOT particularly tight when it broke!
Ok, I can deal with this. After the neighbors called in the noise complaint from my cursing and destruction of (my own I'll have you) personal property in the garage, I settled down a bit. I'll just have to find a machinist to tap it out. No biggie. One of them is on there, should be ok until I can get it sorted. So why was it I thought that the capacity was 3.5L instead of 2.5L?? I'm going to chalk it up to being completely flustered & pissed off at that point. Nevermind that I had just double-checked the capacity in the manual and verified 2.5L. I couldn't figure out why on the 3rd quart the funnel wasn't draining?? Oh, shit. There's a puddle of oil on the ground. Dammit! (at this point, I simply stared at the pool of oil in complete disbelief, think coming face to face with ET - completely dumbfounded). Of course the lower drain-plug wont work, silly Trav. Did I mention that I hate the whole 'sight tube' BS? Oh yeah, I knew there was a step I missed...that whole extra screen in that tube-thingy that connects to the oil deal. Crap. Like I'm going to be pulling that out at this point.
close garage up...switch from beer to bourbon, pour, repeat. Curse every 5 minutes like the tourette's-afflicted for the remainder of the evening....and well into the night.
So I guess my question is, since I've already demonstrated complete numb-skullded-ness...can I go somewhere other than the KTM dealer to have that bolt tapped out? It seems that with the right tools (and obviously skill) this would be a simple operation. Correct assumption? I'd rather not be completely cost-raped at the dealer to add a little insult to injury if at all possible.
btw...replacing that graphite-seal-gasket-thingamajig on the rear exhaust down-pipe? Not gonna happen. Nevermind that the clamp has slipped and I can stick a toothpick into the hole. Shit. I'm trying to laugh at this now. Really, that isn't the sound of the lunatic you hear.............
Oil change last night, was a complete and utter disaster. I'm no gorilla-hand -nor am I particularly delicate- so when the ratchet suddenly broke loose while tightening down the bolt on the oil filter cap, I didn't think much of it. When I went to give it that last little nudge, oops. No bolt-head. I'll foul your filth you filth'n-foul!! What the hell?! ...and the damn thing was NOT particularly tight when it broke!
Ok, I can deal with this. After the neighbors called in the noise complaint from my cursing and destruction of (my own I'll have you) personal property in the garage, I settled down a bit. I'll just have to find a machinist to tap it out. No biggie. One of them is on there, should be ok until I can get it sorted. So why was it I thought that the capacity was 3.5L instead of 2.5L?? I'm going to chalk it up to being completely flustered & pissed off at that point. Nevermind that I had just double-checked the capacity in the manual and verified 2.5L. I couldn't figure out why on the 3rd quart the funnel wasn't draining?? Oh, shit. There's a puddle of oil on the ground. Dammit! (at this point, I simply stared at the pool of oil in complete disbelief, think coming face to face with ET - completely dumbfounded). Of course the lower drain-plug wont work, silly Trav. Did I mention that I hate the whole 'sight tube' BS? Oh yeah, I knew there was a step I missed...that whole extra screen in that tube-thingy that connects to the oil deal. Crap. Like I'm going to be pulling that out at this point.
close garage up...switch from beer to bourbon, pour, repeat. Curse every 5 minutes like the tourette's-afflicted for the remainder of the evening....and well into the night.
So I guess my question is, since I've already demonstrated complete numb-skullded-ness...can I go somewhere other than the KTM dealer to have that bolt tapped out? It seems that with the right tools (and obviously skill) this would be a simple operation. Correct assumption? I'd rather not be completely cost-raped at the dealer to add a little insult to injury if at all possible.
btw...replacing that graphite-seal-gasket-thingamajig on the rear exhaust down-pipe? Not gonna happen. Nevermind that the clamp has slipped and I can stick a toothpick into the hole. Shit. I'm trying to laugh at this now. Really, that isn't the sound of the lunatic you hear.............