Joining the Takisawa club!!

[kb58]

Same here, mine's so opaque I can hardly see the oil level.

 

[zamboni2354]

I will let tou guys know. I also ordered the ones from the first pic on ebay from China.

The 2nd pic are ones from lenzinc.com. they looked like winners but i called and there a 50.00 min order.

I'll keep you posted

 

[zamboni2354]

Not pulling the quick change. Confirmed all oil lines are clear. Ran pipe cleaners down them just to be sure. I'll just wipe up some of the grime and clean up the overspray and put the cover back on.

 

[zamboni2354]

I meant, i ordered both the chrome rim ones and the China eBay ones. I ordered China then saw the cooler looking ones so i ordered them. My thought on the eBay from China is maybe i could replace the white plastic for the original ones that have oil level marks. Here's my headstock one after cleaning. It's ok, much better than before when i didn't even know there were lines on it.lol. . The apron one came out as clean but it cracked during reinstallation.

 

[rbahr]

Great! I was looking at these 2 days ago. We will also need some wipes or whatever they are called that bolt to each of the 4 'arms'. Mine have seen better days, and they are a wear item.

We should start a thread that provides part number etc for the various bits that we replace out. Will make it easier for the next person.

Your machine looks a lot cleaner than mine!

 

[zamboni2354]

Sounds like a good idea to me Ray. Now I've been searching for the plug for the oil fill on the cross slide. Mines tearing a little.

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[kb58]

I'm curious how the OEM sight glass mounts... Glued in and an O-ring?

 

[zamboni2354]

I'm curious how the OEM sight glass mounts... Glued in and an O-ring?

 

[zamboni2354]

Just presses in

 

[zamboni2354]

Strike one...too small. The hole on mine is about 13/16 or 20.7/20.8mm. This one is 20mm and it doesn't get big enough when you tighten the silver ring. The Chinese one is 20mm too so it may end up being too small. I'll update once received.