It's a first for me!
Posted 02-13-2014 at 12:35 PM by Tankd
Today has been a busy day.. First time oil and filter change. While I was at it, I also installed one of those Fomoto drain valves. I removed the original plug and then install the Fomoto in mid stream with the old oil to make sure it was gonna work before I refilled. Gonna put a ziptie on the drain cock to be sure it don't accidentally get moved to drain everything. Think I"m gonna like it. As it was draining, I got a Blackstone oil sample to burn for a baseline.
Next was to tackle the big canister air filter in the back for the first change. Kept looking at and wondering how the heck I'm gonna get to the dang top clamp. Then I saw an external panel that would swing open to the top. Heck no sweat now, until I saw the mounting clamp that would not open because they put part on the frame right on the flip top clamp. No way to open the clamp, how the heck I"m gonna do this? Well, I had to take the clamp assembly off to remove the filter. Shoot, now what, I cant open, I sure can't close. Well then..Hmm.. I took the whole mounting clamp off and turn it over so the flip clamp goes the other direction..Sweet! Cleaned out both ends of the tubes, install the drain and clamps. All done, not so bad.
The next and last first for the day. The one I"m most proud of is passing the Texas driving portion of class B drivers license..Whoohooo!!! I"m legal now. This wasn't bad at all. We just drove around town, chit chatted about where we already been, and where we was planning to go this year. Kinda shocked me when the question where we've been already. Now, I thought how do I respond to this when I wasn't 'legal' yet. She really thought it was great getting out in one of these.
It was definitely one great day!
--John--
Next was to tackle the big canister air filter in the back for the first change. Kept looking at and wondering how the heck I'm gonna get to the dang top clamp. Then I saw an external panel that would swing open to the top. Heck no sweat now, until I saw the mounting clamp that would not open because they put part on the frame right on the flip top clamp. No way to open the clamp, how the heck I"m gonna do this? Well, I had to take the clamp assembly off to remove the filter. Shoot, now what, I cant open, I sure can't close. Well then..Hmm.. I took the whole mounting clamp off and turn it over so the flip clamp goes the other direction..Sweet! Cleaned out both ends of the tubes, install the drain and clamps. All done, not so bad.
The next and last first for the day. The one I"m most proud of is passing the Texas driving portion of class B drivers license..Whoohooo!!! I"m legal now. This wasn't bad at all. We just drove around town, chit chatted about where we already been, and where we was planning to go this year. Kinda shocked me when the question where we've been already. Now, I thought how do I respond to this when I wasn't 'legal' yet. She really thought it was great getting out in one of these.
It was definitely one great day!
--John--
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