stevec
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 02:09 PM |
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Your Tricks for checking BEC oil level please
Who has the most cunning plan for seeing the oil level sight glass in their BEC, the one on mine is a real pain to see.
Thanks.
Steve.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 02:14 PM |
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digital camera?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 02:21 PM |
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As too be a mirror on a stick I guess, mine as no sight glass so its dipstick out every time.
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BenB
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 02:35 PM |
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In my car I can crouch on the floor and look through a gap between one of the exhaust headers and the ali skin through to the oil level glass....
before I found that I used a digicam as previously mentioned.....
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DIY Si
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 02:59 PM |
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I've got a dipstick, so it's no real bother at all. Just have to feed it past/round a chassis rail.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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stevec
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 03:06 PM |
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Thanks guys.
Both good ideas, cant get a camera down the hole but after a bit of jiggling I got a stick mirror down and a torch shining on it.
Cheers.
Steve.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 04:34 PM |
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I just dip the dipstick on my CEC. Its right at the top and easy to get too!! 
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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BusaLoco
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 04:54 PM |
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CEC Dipstick!
I use an inspection mirror...folds up nicely, telescopes and you don't get your (CEC Dipstick!) fingers all messy!
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smart51
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 05:47 PM |
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I can't see through the sight glass on mine at all. I've tried a mirror from all angles with a torch, in the sun, in the shade, pointing
up hill and down and level. One time I drained all the oil out and measured it. Only once have I managed to see the oil level in the sight guage.
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jacko
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 07:37 PM |
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Hi as a cec owner i just wondered why it was hard to see the oil sight glass? were is it on a bike engine
Jacko
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 20/1/07 at 07:42 PM |
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Generally around the clutch basket area on the bike, so pointing forwards and low down in the engine bay of the average BEC.
Ive used to use a mirror/torch but the digicamera works better for me.
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 12:09 AM |
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i never saw through mine either. So i just put new oil in after every trackday! 
There must be a proper solution, like welding two elbows on and making a viewing tube or something.
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 02:06 PM |
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On the ZZR1100 the sight glass is right next to the sprocket, so pointing straight down the transmission tunnel. Checking the oil level for me
involves an old Sierra rear view mirror, a torch and a portion of lying on the floor!
Let me know if you come up with a decent solution!
Mike
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