In a message dated 3/2/05 7:45:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, digidoll@COMCAST.NET writes:
> I'm having a hard time finding an oil-filling tube (telescoping plastic > with > cap), as I needed to add oil on a trip last summer and could not get the cap > off, so had to pull the whole assembly off. Of course, it wouldn't go back > on securely, so a new one is needed. i have a few of these, good used. but if yours isnt broken/cracked - then i bet theres nothing wrong with it.. there is a factory spring steel clamp at the bottom that holds the plastic tube to the metal tube.. replace that with a universal screw tightening hoseclamp.. i bet that fixes your problem. chris |
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