My creative tool was using a jewlers file to make an offset wrench out of a coat hanger to get that darn #2 pilot screw adjusted. After purchasing a $50 special tool that didn't fit and subsequently destroying it trying to make it smaller, a free solution proved best.
On 5/23/10, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote: > Notice the innovative method of tool-using in this species of Nighthawk > owner. Yes, we are a species all our own. I've used home made tools myself > plus a few auto parts. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: surfswab <[email protected]> > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, May 23, 2010 3:02:58 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Petcock Solution > > Mine leaked from around the big nut holding it to the tank. > > I found the plastic/nylon filter screen was twisted and buggered up > inside the tank opening from previous owner attempting to fix it with > repeated attempts to tighten the nut. > > Fixed it by fishing it out of the tank, trimming the damaged ends with > fingernail clippers, then heating it with my Zippo and shaping it back > to round by slipping it over the closed jaws of needle-nose pliers. > > Cleaned it, replaced 2 o-rings and reassembled it properly and it has > been working flawlessly for more than a year now. Cost: less than 2 > bucks. > > Never mind the hundreds I've spent scrounging Ebay for parts for other > problems, however (!) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
