It's a 1998 with 130k. Lower oil cooler line sprung a leak. By the time I drove the 6 miles home from work I had about 2 qts of oil left.
So here's the deal, I leave work, stop at the parts store to get oil, a filter and some engine degreaser. I knew the part wasn't in and the could get from warehouse. Come home, spray all connectors down with PB Blaster. Drain oil and filter. Pop connector on rear of line with no problems. Go to the radiator connection. None of the wrenches I have are the right size. Needed a 20 mm wrench. Head to Advanced, Pepboys, Harbor Freight no luck on the wrench. Parts store calls, part is in. On the way to get part, we get a fire call, go on fire call. Pick up $24 part, they don't have wrench either. Come home, call local shop, schedule appointment for daughter's car for inspection and ask if I can borrow wrench. Pick up wrench, 30 minutes later return wrench, truck is fixed. Now I get out the broom and the palmolive so I can wash the driveway before swmbo sees the oil all over the driveway.
Anyone who needs to replace this part make sure you have a 20 mm wrench prior to starting. The entire process including the fire call took almost 3 hours for what should have been an hour job at the most. The only good thing about all the running around is that it was done on the bike. First ride of the year. Taking it to work tomorrow for a half day since it's supposed to close to 60 and sunny here.
