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Thank you Barry, much appreciated.

Test ridden and everything is working perfectly.

Until next time, sincere thanks. Alistair.

(Just thought I'd post an image of the bike to show you all what the fuss was about!)

OK, so float bowls emptied of fuel and now replaced. Oil in.

Any more tips? i.e. How long to crank it for? What to look for or what to listen for?

Kurt in S.A. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:04 pm I always just pour in the required amount which for me is 2 quarts (or liters...forgot what is on the bottle!). Once you start the bike and have run it for 30-40 seconds, let it sit and top off the oil as needed. I wouldn't overthink the issue.

Kurt

Thanks Kurt.

Thanks for the swift responses.

I like the float bowl approach but before I do that I have a question in regards refilling the bike with oil. Should the bike be refilled to the usual operating level i.e. just under the MAX mark on the dipstick.

Just checking back. The OX37 filter is in and the cover back on. So more unchartered territory for me but I assume the next steps are. 1. Fill the bike with oil 2. Remove the cables from the sparkplugs 3. Turn the engine over until the red oil light is not lit 4. Fit the cables back to the sparkplug...

Thank you gentlemen.

I have just discovered that the OX36 filter, which I was lead to believe was the correct one for the bike does not fit. So I'm about to order the OX37. Frustrating but there you go.

@barry In reference to your advice of feeling for 'some resistance before the cover fits flush' in your previous post. To my feel, when I hold the cover in place there is no resistance ... in fact it appears to me that the cover fits flush with the engine casing immediately. There is your problem t...

Understood. That’s the gasket which so I’m told is not required along with the shim on post 1990 machines. It might be an shadowy illusion to my eye...pink looks like a shim. Orange is gasket, blue is o-ring...but you knew that ;) IMG_8314.jpeg That is an incredible observation, and if I did not kn...

https://forum.boxerworks.com/download/file.php?id=2101 That o-ring isn't compressed at all and should be after a few 1000miles. I thought that was a shim under the black o-ring in your pic :?: Eyesight might be defective. :geek: If so, it should be on the other side if needed for the year model. Ap...

ME 109 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 1:00 am It appears the shim is ass about, should go in before rubber o ring.
Being ass about won't cause an external leak, but might cause an engine killing internal leak if the o ring is cut by the end of the tube.
Hmmmm, I didn't think later bikes after '85 used a shim?

No shim came out of the bike.