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Useful Information

CAPACITIES.

Petrol Tank                  3 galls. (Imp.)  13.6 litres    3.6 U.S. galls.

Engine Oil Sump        1¾ pints          1 litre.  2.1. U.S. pint.

Gearbox          pint     (Imp.)  .142 litre.         .3 U.S. pint.

Final Drive Casing      pint     (Imp.)  .142 litre.         .3 U.S. pint.

Front Fork (per strut) 1 pint   (Imp.)  71 cub. cms.    .15 U.S. pint.

LOCATION OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.

Engine Number.          Stamped around the right hand side of flywheel housing behind exhaust pipe.

The serial number has the prefix V200 which must be included when quoting the number in correspondence with the factory.

Frame Number.           Stamped on the rear suspension lug on left hand side of machine. The serial number has the suffix ' '33 ' which must be included when quoting the number in correspondence with the factory.

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

Generator.       Miller type AC.4.       6-volt.  42 watt output

Battery.           .           Varley. Capacity 12 ampere hour.

Headlamp.       Miller type 69v. 6.5-in.

Lamp Bulbs.    Head : 6-volt, 24 x 24 watt.    Bifocal Pre-focussed.

Tail :    3 watt. S.C.C. cap.

Parking :          3 wart. M.E.S. cap

TYRE PRESSURES.

Minimum for Solo :

Front   16-lbs. per sq. in. (1.12 kilos. per sq. cm.).

Rear     22-lbs. per sq. in. (1.54 kilos. per sq. cm.).

Minimum for Pillion :

Front as above.

Rear     25lbs. per sq. in. (1.75 kilos. per sq. cm.).

RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS.

Engine.

Viscosity S.A.E. 30 or suitable * Multi-grade.'

Duckham's NOL ' Thirty ' or * Q20/50 '*

Castrol XL.

Mobiloil 'A' or ' Special '"

Esso Extra ' 20W 30 '

B.P. Energol ' 30 ' or ' Visco-Static *'

Shell X100 ' 30 ' or * 10W /30 '*

* Denotes ' Multi-grade ' type.

Gearbox, and Final Drive.

Castrol ' XXL '.           B.P. Energol ' 50 '

Esso Extra '40 '50 *.   Shell X1.00 ' 50 '.

Mobiloil ' D '.  -           Duckham's NOL ' Fifty '.

Note.--Do not use additives in oil or petrol    they are unnecessary.

Front Fork.

Any one of the grades specified for engine lubrication except the ' Multi-grades'.

For Oil-can Lubrication.

B.P. Energol ' 10 '.      Esso .Handy Oil.

Mobil ' Handy Oil '.    Duckham's NOL ' Ten'.

Shell ' Donax Al '.       Wakefield's ' Oilit '.

Hub Bearings.

Mobil Hub Grease, or ' MP '.

B.P. Energrease ' C3 '.

Shell Retinax 'A' or 'H'

Castrolease ' Heavy '..

Duckham's ' HBB  Grease,

Esso Multi-purpose grease.

Speedometer Flexible Drive. 

Esso T.S.D. 119. .

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