Oil Change

garncarz · Post by **garncarz** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:42 pm

And for what it is worth, a lot of what is sold on this forum is open domain stuff on the web. Ie parts lists, service and owners manuals, etc. You just need to look for it.

Repsol · Post by **Repsol** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:46 pm

Would it be a good idea to buy this gasket set on Ebay? I'll post the link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-305-CA77- ... 77&vxp=mtr

garncarz · Post by **garncarz** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:34 pm

Repsol wrote:Would it be a good idea to buy this gasket set on Ebay? I'll post the link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-305-CA77- ... 77&vxp=mtr

That would do it.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:40 pm

No!
The material the 2 blue gaskets are made of softens when oil gets to them and you loose the torque value of the top nuts and leak.
These folks have the set you want to use. .........lm

<http://www.olypen.com/retro/>

Repsol wrote:Would it be a good idea to buy this gasket set on Ebay? I'll post the link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-305-CA77- ... 77&vxp=mtr

Repsol · Post by **Repsol** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:11 pm

So it's just the two blue gaskets that are not compatible? What do those two go to? Aside from those two the kit seems pretty complete.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:19 pm

Spend your $$$ where I recommend and all the gaskets are good and the price is similar. ........lm

Repsol wrote:So it's just the two blue gaskets that are not compatible? What do those two go to? Aside from those two the kit seems pretty complete.

Repsol · Post by **Repsol** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:03 pm

Well the oil change is done but not with out some hiccups. Thanks for all the advice. Once I took the filter out I decided to clean up the clutch a bit. I removed the left side cover (destroying the gasket in the process) and pulled the clutch apart. A couple of calls to Ed (AKA Loud Mouse) and I was able to remove plates. He suggested that I clean up the steel plates because my clutch was binding up. So I sat at my dining room table and cleaned those steel discs up very nicely. I ordered a new gasket kit and, as luck would have it, it got lost in the mail for almost a week. So tonight I went into my garage, rolled up my sleeves, and dug into the reassemble process. All went together fairly smoothly. Added the 30 weight NAPA oil and fired her up. She fired up and settled into an nice idle. I'm happy that the project is done and I'm glad there were no major problems. I have to say that I'm impressed by Honda build quality. Great company. Thanks for all the help. This forum is great.