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| - | ====== REF: Oiling & Lubrication - Sub-05B ====== | + | ====== REF: Oiling & Lubrication - Sub-05C ====== |
| - | ====== Make Your Own Custom Oil Pump Hose ====== | + | ====== Homemade Primary Oil Sight Gauge ====== |
| + | Article by asasial of the XLFORUM ((http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=922963&highlight=tapping+threads)) \\ This should be done with the primary cover removed to keep the shavings from the drilling and tapping out of your engine. | ||
| + | * Parts: | ||
| + | * 1/8" MIP to 1/4" 90° brass fitting \\ (any hardware store should carry these and you can also get creative with 90° fittings in your choice of brass or stainless steel) | ||
| + | * 1/4" clear tubing (or the milky colored tubing used for an ice maker works as well) | ||
| + | * 1/8" pipe tap | ||
| + | * Pipe dope | ||
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| + | * Mark the holes for the length you want (the site tube should extend higher than the optimum oil level). | ||
| + | * Pre-drill the holes | ||
| + | * Tap the threads with a 1/8" pipe tap (tapered thread) | ||
| + | * Only run the tap in about half way and check your fitment. | ||
| + | * If the fitting needs to go farther in, take it out and run the tap back in a little more and then re-check fitment. \\ With the tapered pipe tap, the hole gets bigger the further you screw it in. Run it in too far and it can make for a bad fit and cause leakage. | ||
| + | * Install the fittings with some pipe dope on the threads and put a piece of clear tubing between them and that's all there is to it. | ||
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| + | * With the bike on the kickstand, the level may be a little over the top of the tube. But, if you put a mark with a sharpie on your cover (level with the check plug towards the front of the cover) you will see where it should be with the bike level. | ||
| + | * Once you get use to seeing where it should be, you won't have to worry much about having a mark. | ||
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| + | | Primary Site Plug ((photo by asasial of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=922963&highlight=tapping+threads)) ||| | ||
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