Topic: So this guy walks into a rubber supply shop

[Kelvin8]

(all right, you can stop sing now) with a bag of parts. The guy at the counter says, "That looks like a petcock off a Honda .... 750." "Close, a 550." I point the the washer thingy with the holes in it and say, "I need to make a new one of those." They guy takes it and hustles off to the back somewhere. Banging is heard. He comes back, graps a tool off the rack and hustles off again. More banging. He comes back with 2 replacement thingies that he just made. "I don't know if they'll work" something about the punch "no charge, we'll just call it experimental."

No kidding, I went in to get material to make the gasket thing in my dead petcock and the guy made me 2 replacement ones while I waited and didn't charge me anything. I'm still working on the petcock (riveted) and I think it would have worked, but I think I stripped the threads I tapped into the body on one side, so I've drilled out deeper holes and have threaded them too. Haven't had a chance to try it yet, will let you know.

I'm pretty sure the guy at the shop is a biker.

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[cbjunkie]

not just a biker, but clearly a Honda SOHCer if he was that keen spotting the make...

salt of the earth mechanics are one in a million - hold on to this guy!

[Steve F]

(all right, you can stop sing now) with a bag of parts. The guy at the counter says, "That looks like a petcock off a Honda .... 750." "Close, a 550." I point the the washer thingy with the holes in it and say, "I need to make a new one of those." They guy takes it and hustles off to the back somewhere. Banging is heard. He comes back, graps a tool off the rack and hustles off again. More banging. He comes back with 2 replacement thingies that he just made. "I don't know if they'll work" something about the punch "no charge, we'll just call it experimental."

No kidding, I went in to get material to make the gasket thing in my dead petcock and the guy made me 2 replacement ones while I waited and didn't charge me anything. I'm still working on the petcock (riveted) and I think it would have worked, but I think I stripped the threads I tapped into the body on one side, so I've drilled out deeper holes and have threaded them too. Haven't had a chance to try it yet, will let you know.

I'm pretty sure the guy at the shop is a biker.

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And THEN you woke up only to realize it was all a dream.......  Just kidding.  It really is nice to do business with people that aren't out to screw you at every chance they get.  I used to deal with customers at a small engine repair shop, and would treat them like I wanted to be treated, and would do things like that.

[n9viw]

Wow, sounds like something I did. Only I used butyl rubber instead of whatever the original was... you can guess the outcome, that sucker was 3x the size of the one I put in there! I gave up and bought a whole new petcock. Guess I'm just a chicken. LOL!