• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Oil window...

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Flynn

Husqvarna
A Class
Just wondering how you are supposed to check the oil level through this oil window

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Is there some magic technique:rolleyes:
 

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Flynn said:
Is there some magic technique:rolleyes:
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Having the right magic wand makes it much easier...
Oil isn't crystal clear, so you'll be able to see the contrast on the steel "cage" behind the glass. This also makes it easier to see how dirty your oil is.

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I crouch at the side of the bike on a level surface and hold the bike upright with the handle bar in my right hand and the back of the bike with my left and wait for what seems like an unreasonable amount of time until the oil has settled, i like to have my oil level at the top level marker. I check mine all the time, before, after riding, im paranoid.
 
I assume you're referring to the clear window at the bottom, around foot peg height, & not the plug in the top photo where the manual kick starter from the 610 used to be?
 
Russ said:
I assume you're referring to the clear window at the bottom, around foot peg height, & not the plug in the top photo where the manual kick starter from the 610 used to be?
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:o I made that mistake when I just got my bike. I checked the oil level and couldn't see anything, until I realized that what I was looking at was not the sight glass.
 
Russ said:
I assume you're referring to the clear window at the bottom, around foot peg height, & not the plug in the top photo where the manual kick starter from the 610 used to be?
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Yes that is what I am referring to. Although I am not surprised the black plug is sometimes mistaken for the oil window as the actual oil window is so hard and obscure to see, surely they wouldn't put it in that place!?

RDTCU said:
Having the right magic wand makes it much easier...
Oil isn't crystal clear, so you'll be able to see the contrast on the steel "cage" behind the glass. This also makes it easier to see how dirty your oil is.

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I had the clutch side pointing towards the sun in the afternoon, with a flashlight and I still couldn't see the oil level. I tipped the bike to the right hand side and then saw it...it was low and needed topping up which was why I couldn't see anything, but in any case it is still really hard to see down there.

Thanks for the help.
 
I guess the window is behind the brake lever because, in case we crash, the lever protects the window.
 
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