Friday, July 10, 2009
Parts and supplies
Since I decided to do most of my own routine maintenance, I ordered a bunch of supplies from Gary McCoy at MonDak Motorsports:
- A couple of half-liter bottles of final drive gear oil
- Six crush washers, for both the engine oil and the final drive oil
- A magnetic drain plug for the engine oil
- Three OEM oil filters
- The nut and holder for the right panel underneath the fuel tank
The drain plug in the final drive is the same size as the one for the engine oil, but is magnetized to attract metallic gunk. When I went down to Hal's house for FJR Maintenance 101, he passed on the hint to replace the engine drain plug with a magnetized one.
I've been working with my local dealer for months to get the right part to attach the panel below the fuel tank on the right side. They place an order, then I go check it out, and it's not right, so they place a new order. We've done this a few times now, so I thought I could save a little aggravation (and some coin, with Gary's forum discount). Gary's the best!
Posted by bnc at July 10, 2009 3:28 PM