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R42 gearbox oil level
- Bruce Frey
- Posts: 536
- Joined: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:00 am
What is grease?
Could this be the kind of grease they mean?
A few years ago I queried Mobil Oil Co. (before the merger) for information about European fuels and lubricants of the 1930's...giving the names used in the BMW R5-R71 Handbuchs. They claimed that they did not have any historical information of that sort and referred me to the API (American Petroleum Institute).
I never followed up with the API, but maybe it is time to do that. If you give me the names of the products listed and the years in question, I will add them to my query.
Best regards,
Bruce
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R42 gearbox oil level
R42 gearbox oil level
Because I have NO oil level plug (or no drain plug for that matter) there is no way for me to easily estimate the correct level.
Is there anyone who can tell me what the oil level should be . I took it for a short ride yesterday, well shes a bit of a dog compared to other bikes of the same period but as I dont know what is optium for the old girl Ill give her the benifate of doubt and see if I cant get her to perform better.
The steering is uncertain so this convinces me that the wheelbase needs a tweek I think there is too little trail , and it wouldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding, so I guess it check the timing, Ive already overhauld the carb, but its very basic
anyway at least its all in one piece again and it runs ..
PeterG