Back at it after vacation
I was gone for a week, then had a week back at home, so today I did some work work on the 650. I went to the auto parts store and found the canister style oil filter for under $7, and I bought a jug of Castrol GTX 10-40. I also went to Honda and ordered the squish gaskets for the exhaust pipes. Five dollars for a little copper ring, what a racket! While I was in a oil changing mood, I changed the oil and filter on the Shadow too.
I put a coat of paint stripper on the oil filter casing and found that underneath the black paint was a layer of silver paint. It is cleaning up nicely. Once I get that part done, I will reinstall the oil filter and fill the crankcase with oil so I am ready to go once I get the rest of the parts put back on.
