Re: for Stuart - oil change - correction

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Don, you almost got it. Add the following - pound your longest screwdriver 
through the oil filer "lodging it firmly in the oil pan". Apply sufficient 
force to the screwdriver to cause the shaft to bend before realizing that 
you have penetrated the oil pan. Make yet another trip to the dealer.......

- - Eric

At 12:41 PM 4/17/00 -0700, don draper wrote:
>Dear Stuart;
>        An observant friend pointed out a glaring ommision in my oil
>change instructions. Please amend as follows:
>  Step 12A)  Carefully lay motorcycle on it's side on the garage
>floor. Using an ordinary hammer and the minimum amount of force
>required, pound your longest screwdriver through the oil filter to
>provide the leverage neccesary to break loose the over-tightened oil
>filter threads (see reference to apprentice technician in Step 7)


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