Yeah, that is often how it seems to go! Ordered it last evening!

 

I will have to get to that in a little while!!
Doing a major fluids change

Made a bench to make things slightly easier

 

I'd LOVE to make/buy something like that but just don't have the room. My lower back would be much happier though!

Loosened up the leaking bleeder screw (pretty sure I had it up around 25-30 ft lbs!), put a rag around it, and proceeded to strip one of the master cylinder screws after deciding to see if I could tell how much had leaked out so far...

 

Oh no, what a bugger, be gentle with trying to get that out or its a new master

No insult intended at all, but do you have a set of JIS bits / screwdrivers? One of the most important bits for the tool kit on Japanese bikes as they are not phillips screws, hence stripping them!

The bench is a god send what a difference it has made and all for the princely sum of $50 and an afternoon cutting the bits to shape, the best bit is that it slots together so is essentially flat pack and can be stored at the side of the garage

 

RE: JIS bits - Yes, I do! Unfortunately, my tendency to over torque seems to always work against me!

Hmmm, I'm intrigued but truly have no extra room for one... at least if I want to be able to pull a car or truck in...

 

Am I the only person in the world who prefers to sit on the ground while working on the bike? If its upper stuff like valves then its perfect height I thought. Maybe 5' 10" is perfect bike size? lol

 

I don't mind if it's not in the 40's or lower and I don't have to get up every time I forget a tool or mess something up... which isn't often. But working on cold metal while sitting on cold concrete? I do not care for it.

I did a transmission drain/fill, pan gasket, and magnet cleaning on my Tacoma about a month ago and that wasn't too bad...

 

Each to there own I suppose, for me it has been great, a small stool and most stuff is in your eye line, esp a cheap way to get the front wheel off the ground and not having to worry about leaving it like that. A couple of shackles and a tie down strap and hey presto! Also with this design it does break down to flat boards for storage.
@ Doc You will defo have to restrain yourself in the future 'less is more' on most fixings

 

Im in Phoenix AZ. Not a problem usually haha

 

Unfortunately not for some of us... still having to scrape ice off the car in the morning