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Wheedle
06-28-2010, 03:01 PM
So Im doing the valve check, TPS adjustment, and TBS on the Strom and misplace ( with some help from the dog I think ) the radiator cap. Now here is my problem. No dealer I called, and I called anyone in GA that was open today had one. This one cap fits pretty much every-****in-thing Suzuki has made in the last 20 years... and noone stocks it. I would have gladly paid double list to be able to walk in and pick one up, but I am not paying for someone to order a part...
TarzanMan
06-28-2010, 03:37 PM
Yeah, there are lots of parts that dealers don't normally stock. I can't really blame them because the manufacturers are in the habit of tweaking the design every 2-3 years in a way that it would be a full time job keeping track of all the changes (or lack thereof) across the different years, models and makes.

Hell, there is a Yamaha warehouse in the metro area and it still takes 2-3 days for parts to get in
chance
06-28-2010, 03:45 PM
a trip to walmart or any autoparts store should yeild one that works
BlueLghtning
06-28-2010, 03:46 PM
I think I have a spare Suzuki radiator cap in my garage. If it fits the same as the SV650. Let me check.

BTW, I pulled a bone head move one time and left the house on a trip and somehow forgot the radiator cap. I realized it when I got caught in traffic and started smelling it. I found one that fit at an automotive store. It worked for the trip and replaced it with the actual one when I got back home.
Wheedle
06-28-2010, 03:57 PM
Its the same cap... what do you want for it if youve got it?
BlueLghtning
06-28-2010, 04:09 PM
Its the same cap... what do you want for it if youve got it?

Well I had a cap! LOL. You can have it if I can find it. Let me keep looking. I know that thing is somewhere where I put spare parts, but can never remember when I need them! haha.
John
06-28-2010, 04:36 PM
Train your dog. Don't be mad at the parts dept
BlueLghtning
06-28-2010, 04:49 PM
Sorry, no luck Tony. :( I'll find it when I'm not looking for it! hehe.

It's still amazing that a parts dept doesn't keep a common part like this in stock since it fits so many different bikes.
MX Tuner
06-28-2010, 05:06 PM
I keep rad caps in stock.
Wheedle
06-28-2010, 10:03 PM
I keep rad caps in stock.

Do you now... what are you hours tomorrow?
MX Tuner
06-29-2010, 10:59 AM
We're closed but I'll be here for a good part of the day. I keep the 1.6 bar caps in stock. My cell is 4042855818.
Eagalicious
06-29-2010, 01:49 PM
Its the same cap... what do you want for it if youve got it?

One hundred BILLION dollars! :gheydance:
Wheedle
06-29-2010, 05:12 PM
One hundred BILLION dollars! :gheydance:

http://ericlightborn.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/austin-powers-mike-myers-as-dr-evil4.jpg
Wheedle
06-29-2010, 05:14 PM
We're closed but I'll be here for a good part of the day. I keep the 1.6 bar caps in stock. My cell is 4042855818.

Thanks Mark, worked perfectly. Good to see you and your shop... and the old RM brought back some memories.
MX Tuner
06-30-2010, 10:55 AM
Good seeing you again! Glad the cap worked.