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    O-Rings in D'Auckland

    I've noticed that the oil filler cap on the VifFerraRi allows a very small amount of oil to seep out when the engine's hot. It's not a leak as such, just an almost imperceptible sneaking out of lubricant that would be unnoticeable if it were not for the film it leaves on the crankcase cover.
    So, I'm assuming the o-ring under the filler cap is 'ted. And I know from past experience, that if I go to the HondaShop and ask for one, the answer will almost certainly be, "Nah, we don't have those in stock. It'll have to come from Japan, and will be here in about three weeks, and we'll require your left testicle as security, and payment of $14,957.63. In advance."

    So, to save me more unnecessary suffering, and having to clean my bike (haven't cleaned it in weeks, so why break the habit? :spudwhat, can someone tell me a good place to buy one? It's apparently 22 x 3.0, and probably some weird heat'n'oil'n'spooge-resistant material (Tygon? Viton? Kryptonite?).

    Thanxinadvance, fellow KiwiBikerers!
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    At Wild West the other day I got a crush o-ring for my filter cap for $0.20... all good!

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    I'd just ring a few engineering places and tell 'em you need an o-ring. A perfect fit is nice, but something slightly undersized will do too so long as the cross section of the ring is the same.
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    It'll be ordinary nitrile. Try Saeco. Branches everywhere.
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    When I worked at an old school servo, with a workshop attached, we had plastic boxes from Gjay (iirc) with all sorts of handy stuff, like o-rings, crush washers, split pins, nuts and bolts etc. We would give that sort of stuff away, and call it "customer relations" I guess theres not much of that around anymore.

    As for just buying the o-ring from a Honda dealer, impossible, you should know by now that you can't get "just" the bit you want. That o-ring probably comes in a kit with the filler cap, and some other expensive bits you don't need or want.
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    How about you buy a plastic box of O rings and give a few away? Do you know how much those selection boxes cost?.If you had to pay for them yourself you wouldn't be giving any away that's for sure!

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    Tell me about it!. You can still get those selection boxes, of all sorts of things, but they cost a frigging fortune.

    Auctions when a workshop or engineering place closes down are the best bet for scoring that sort of stuff.
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    I've got a couple of the standard range "service kit" boxes. Can't remember where they came from, I've had them for fookin' years. I certainly wouldn't pay the asking price for a new one, I just take them down to somewhere like Pacific Seals once in a while and fill them up for about a tenth of the cost.

    I'm a confirmed magpie though, can't bin anything without stripping the springs, e-clips etc. Might just be about to lose one of my workshops though, time for a wee spring clean...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    I'm a confirmed magpie though, can't bin anything without stripping the springs, e-clips etc.
    Yeah, me too.
    I even keep things like the O-ring I just replaced on my filler cap...

    I took Ixion's advice, and went to Saeco. (Thanx, Ixion! )
    "Uh... metric... we'll have to get that from another branch!"
    A couple of days later, I got a call, and went to pick it up.
    I dunno why they bothered - customer relations? In the end, they didn't charge me the $1.17 or whatever it was, as it wasn't worth the trouble.
    Actually, I was probably lucky they bothered to get it for me, as while I was there, I asked about some small o-rings I needed for my espresso machine.
    "Uh... you need to order at least 10 each of those, as there's a minimum economic order amount."

    Anyway, I fitted it on Monday night. It doesn't seem any more snug or whatever, but I think it's doing a good job so far of stopping the oil from sneaking out.
    If it doesn't continue to do so, then a new crankcase cover may be on order (it's only been weeping oil since I fixed the crack in it).
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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