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nonsequitur · Sep 9th, 2006, 01:24 AM

That's both helpful and interesting. I've cut the interval to about half.

I'd bet that most of the early are only now reaching the second schedule gearbox service, called Inspection II stateside. With 160,000 (mi?) on the clock, you may be able to give all kinds of careful comment about component life, wear points, rattles, failures, etc.

Gearbox and engine maintenance lubrication is a curious question now. It really isn't "3,000mi oil changes required" any longer. I've had oil company scientists laugh when asking about this subject. The new manufactured lubricants (they sure don't say "oil" any more) are simply better than the blended stock from an earlier time. The synthetics are even better than these.

Sep 9th, 2006, 01:24 AM	#6
nonsequitur Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle area, WA Local Time: 08:17 PM Posts: 1,466 Offline	That's both helpful and interesting. I've cut the interval to about half. I'd bet that most of the early are only now reaching the second schedule gearbox service, called Inspection II stateside. With 160,000 (mi?) on the clock, you may be able to give all kinds of careful comment about component life, wear points, rattles, failures, etc. Gearbox and engine maintenance lubrication is a curious question now. It really isn't "3,000mi oil changes required" any longer. I've had oil company scientists laugh when asking about this subject. The new manufactured lubricants (they sure don't say "oil" any more) are simply better than the blended stock from an earlier time. The synthetics are even better than these. '02 MINI Cooper CVT (prod. date: 6/12/2002; Indi Blue/Black roof, R-81 7-hole 15x5.5" or NZO 16x6.5") '67 Austin Cooper S 1275 Mk1 (build date: 6/26/1967; Tartan Red/Black Roof, Minilite 10x4.5" or 10x6.0")