Subject: RE: Bad day!!
Author: Charlie Mullendore
Date: Jun 24, 2004, 6:04 PM
Post ID: 1717039640
Hi Paul,
Come on over and hang out a while anyway. Don't let a problem like that
ruin your weekend. It would be good to see ya' again! Cheers,
Charlie
p.s. Bring the sunshine with you!
Paul wrote:
Oh well, looks like I won't be making it to the VA Rally after all. Went to re-torque the heads today after putting new rings in 300 miles ago (that's another story) and what do I find? The right side plug came out in my hand with all the nice threads attached! Got one of those spark plug repair kits from NAPA and found out that it's not just a matter of running the tap thru the old hole like it says, but involves some drilling out to the right size and then running the tap thru it. Well looked around for a drill bit the right size and nobody has one! All are either one size up or down from the right one. Tried with the one size down and all I achieved was a nicely mushroomed hole that is totally useless! So needless to say I am once again bikeless with a great rally going on!!! I guess this will teach me for just cleaning things up and putting the old girl back together without checking really good at what the PO forgot to do. We were really looking forward to coming out there and meeting more of you fine folk, but I guess it will have to wait till another rally. Hopefully I can have things fixed correctly in time for the Guzzi's in the Blue Ridge in August. :( |