04-06-2014, 07:38 PM
Thanks to all for the congrats and well wishes... I appreciate it.
As for the oil question, I just took great care to loosen the plug very
slowly until it started to leak. Then with a latex gloved hand (thanks
to my wife
) I loosened it further until it came off. I just kept it, right there,
to let out what I wanted and then plugged it back in. My biggest fear
was that I'd drop the plug and then I'd be off to the store to buy
more oil. Thankfully that didn't happen.
By the way... I tried first to siphon out some oil using a nylon
siphon made for that purpose...and a small one at that. No go...
I could t get it to find any oil. There's a lot of 'stuff' in that crankcase
so the tube never was able to go down, it would only go sideways.
As for the oil question, I just took great care to loosen the plug very
slowly until it started to leak. Then with a latex gloved hand (thanks
to my wife
) I loosened it further until it came off. I just kept it, right there,to let out what I wanted and then plugged it back in. My biggest fear
was that I'd drop the plug and then I'd be off to the store to buy
more oil. Thankfully that didn't happen.
By the way... I tried first to siphon out some oil using a nylon
siphon made for that purpose...and a small one at that. No go...
I could t get it to find any oil. There's a lot of 'stuff' in that crankcase
so the tube never was able to go down, it would only go sideways.