I'm back - and my f-in oil filter is stuck

The answer to that question is quite obvious!

 

yes it's a glass for a beer called "Fat Tire" and there logo is a bicycle - except it's very old so the logo has 1/2 worn off.

 

Funny that Len - - send me a quote please sir.

 

Hey Ribo, sent you some info thru the website messaging system!

 

You've drank so much beer from that glass that you've darn near worn it out???

That's simply awesome!!!

 

exactly!

 

plus, beer will work for that minister's wife's pants...

 

I've heard good things about that beer, but I've never tried it myself.

For a moment I thought it was a part of the head somehow playing tricks on my eyes.

 

I see that - It's a very good Saison -but Saison's aren't for everyone, just people with exceptionally good taste in beer.

Best to drink them cold - and I mean very cold. I like to take it out the fridge 10 mins before and wrap the bottle in a wet paper and put it in the freezer - 10 or so mins in there. just don't let it freeze. This is also a good technique for quickly chilling any beer - you can chill a bottle in 20mins from room temp to cold.

Other people will say they shouldn't be that cold but they're stuck in the past and probably still drinking room temperature red wine.

 

"Room temperature" originally referred to the temp of un-heated or conditioned rooms in the 1800's.......so room temp was about 45-55F.

Drinking warm (70F) red wine is about the nastiest habit one could develop......

 

That's what Mrs. Fiddles said.

+1 on the spin-on oil filter kit. Mine is treating me quite well. Check out the "XJ DIY How-To Videos" section to see how easy it is.

 

Yeah I saw that already - seems very simple <famous last words> I got some issue with the bike that I'm trying to diagnose now I got this sorted. New thread will be coming soon I'm sure.

 

alright - thanks to Len I got the spin-on, very easy to install (except I had to go buy a 30mm deep socket) Typically I had a 28 and a 32 and a 30mm wrench but I like to make things good to the right torque as I'm sure you'll all agree. I'm sure I'll come in handy for an axle or something later on.

Rode it to work and back and on a longer 30 min ride this morning and don't appear to have any problems and nothing leaking. Bike does seem to be running slightly better too. Now I might even get to put those fork gators on that have been on the shelf for 4 months

 

Don't you hate when you have to.... (cough cough GET TO cough cough) ... go buy another tool?

Dave

 

I know that I do. It always takes me hours to get back from the hardware store. I don't know why that invisible "Left Turn Only" sign is at the intersection, but it sure does make the ride back home a lot longer.

 

I am at the point in my mechanical "career" where almost every job I start involves buying a new tool. I guess that's cuz I'm a new tool, right? Half my XJ budget is turning out to be for tools!

 

When I moved here from England I had to leave most all my tools behind - well I didn't have to but it was too expensive to ship most of them.

My wife's father passed away a few years ago and left her ( and thus me ) a bunch of tool which have really save me from needing to buy too much but he was more of a wood-work guy than a metal guy. If I could make a bike out of wood I'd have everything I need and more.

 

I'll just leave these here.

 

I'll get to whittling

 

gotta say - after almost a month with the spin-on filter and man I love that thing. The bike is running so much better. I had replaced the filter on the old one before anyone asks but after swapping it for the spin-on it's noticeably a smoother bike. I'm even looking forward to changing it