Distilled Waters Run Deep

Gary: "Also make absolutely certain you have removed the old seal ring along with the old filter. They have been known to stick to the engine. One ring good two rings baaad." -can anyone tell me why (if they are NEW!) two -or preferably one thicker ring - would be bad -seeing as it seems from all I've so far read from the multitude of posts on this & similar threads that the main problem seems to stem from the neoprene washer possibly being sub-grade & clearly too thin for the available space. I (stalling from fitting a new UFI to my Jackal, & anxious about a hose clamp battering against the bottom ends) thought that getting a thicker neoprene washer & swapping it for the one supplied would be the simplest solution. Also, earlier posts hinted that the loose filter problem was confined to one area of the USA -can anyone corroborate this? If so, God bless you -& all those who have suffered this have my sincere sympathy!- but does this mean that those of us in God's True Country can mop the faint trace of perspiration from our brows?

OH! Dwy ddim siarad Cymraeg iawn, Buttie... not even as good as you are at Espanol! We won't get into the Welsh Knot here. You are a man of many talents... if you should venture this far though, you'll find a Welsh welcome, with the right stuff tipped in your glass. Otherwise we'll have to wait til the sprockets have flown the nest & the Mrs & me pay a trip to U.S... Sump came off so damn easy I felt even sillier. There's a shiny thin gasket with AFM REINZ 39 all over it, looks good for another throw -may use a little hylomar blue, tiny smears of which I see in the nylon gauze filter -the only foreign body in what looks to be immaculate oil, the barest trace of sludge- though the guy I bought the bike off told me it was due a change. When I buy an old bike (I've never bought a new motor), I wait in case there's a nasty surprise, but my smile just keeps broadening...

Ratchethack, I thought I was being soppy posting that question... thankfully I didn't (i hope!) hit the lugs hard, & all will be undamaged. Thank you more than I can say, I'll have to get you a beer some day!

...Of course there was one last allen cap screw with a round hole -cut a slot for a screwdriver with a very carefully applied hacksaw, & though impact driver wouldn't budge it, hammering in a big torx bit & a sharp twist with a ratchet did. Clever me, I thought, self-satisfied until I found myself a complete beginner again -can't find a safe place to lever it against, tried tapping the lugs with a length of birch & a hammer- but the sump is very firmly in place... anyone want to tell an old man what he must've forgotten? (2000 California Jackal)

Beautiful lid. " Gorgeous, but... Davida doesn't offer a FF helmet? 3/4 helmets are for tourers & cruiser types who don't ride fast enough to think about how in a crash you'll go over the bars & slide on your face a ways..." -I remember a nurse telling me he'd seen the neck injuries from ff lids, & that if you were going to hit tar hard enough to benefit from all that coverage your brains would be pulped anyway! I had a spectacular crash 22 years ago wearing my open-face agv & suffered some grooves in my teeth from scraping off each other (woulda happened anyway?), & a tender cheek-bone. The most danger was from eye fulls of shattered glass from my old glass lensed specs & fighter goggles (I'll never wear them again!) -thankfully another nurse (!!!bless 'em!!! Shout at the Govt. to pay 'em more!) was passing, happened to have a pouch of saline solution in her glove-box... Anyway, if you're ugly enough to ride a Guzzi why worry about your clock?

Mario, if only I was in Sweden I'd offer to do a full (3 month) test ride for you, f.o.c. -I'm that generous.

If it's not too late, I'd love one of these. The best part may be deciding where to sew it on...