Topic: Sanity Check Please!!!! RE: Oil Change

[Bob Wessner]

Don't think I want to eat Thanksgiving at Bob's house...

Come to think of it, all the vittles slid down real easy during the holidays. 

[mcpuffett]

hi all , done the turkey baster thing my self  ,   mick.

[Terry in Australia]

Well here in Oz we just found out what a "Turkey slappin" is all about, so what the hell is a "Turkey Baster"?

[Orcinus]

Looks like a foot long Eye Dropper.  Used to suck up and dispense fluids to either dispense over roasting meat, or to empty out petroleum products from 35 year old motorcycles.... 

[Bob Wessner]

And not to be used in the strange Auzzie courting ritual of "turkey slappin." 

[jaknight]

 

     It's incredibly strange how some things happen/work out/take place........

     From day number one with my '74 CB750 K4, I have always installed 3.7 quarts of oil with out any hassles/problems at all...........

     Must be harmonic vibrations of the dark side of the force intercepting powers of the light side.....

  .........
     ~ ~ ~ jaknight ~ ~ ~

[Bob Wessner]

Or, as in my case, my extra quart of oil has been kidnapped by, I suspect Terry, who is holding it for ransom. 

[jdpas29]

so exactly when is the best time to check your oil level...  because i get different readings after rides than i do when the bike is cold and it's driving me nuts.  i don't like to ride with the oil at the very top of the dipstick because it seems like my slight tach cable leak becomes a little worse if the oil level is high. but i'm having a hard time keeping the oil at a good level (or at least knowing when to read the dipstick)

any ideas?

[jaknight]

Hi jdpas29,

     Get your bike up on the center stand on a level surface.  Start your bike's motor and let it warm up a little - - - - a 1 minute run should be good enough.  Stop the engine, pull the cap on the oil tank, wipe the dipstick clean with a rag.

     I only know that on my '74 750 K4, I am supposed to check the oil level by letting the cap sit on top of the neck; not by "screwing" it in to its final rest position.  Now, check the oil residue marks in regards to the low and totally full marks.

     If low, add oil judiciously; if over filled, bail out oil with a bucket.........

     P.S. I have been told that an over full oil tank will cause oil to bypass a bad "O" ring at the tachometer engine mount position.

     ~ ~ ~ jaknight ~ ~ ~

[Terry in Australia]

Or, as in my case, my extra quart of oil has been kidnapped by, I suspect Terry, who is holding it for ransom. 

Thassit Bob, all that spare black gold is gonna be my retirement "nest egg", ha ha! Now "Turkey Slappin" is something young fellers apparently do to young women with their private dangly parts, (or at least on late night "reality" programmes) but it doesn't involve any mechanical devices, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.