Oil change and lube!

Changed the oil on Saturday and I remembered to lubricate the front suspension and steering. So, if you haven't given your swivel axles a good going over with the grease gun recently, then get out there and do it. It only takes a few minutes and it will prolong the life of those axles dramatically. You should do it every 2000 miles or so (even though the recommended interval is longer). The PITA part of it is getting the grease gun to work.

Next job - brakes!! I ordered the minor brake kit from Brittek and I plan on doing my brakes soon.

Gearbox oil

I thought I would check the level of the gear box oil, and why not. According to the manuals, my late B should have a filler on the side of the box. You check the oil by looking at the level through the filler hole. Well, I don't have a side filler, instead there is a dipstick on the top which is accessible from behind the radio console. This is all a bit puzzling. Was the original gearbox replaced with an earlier model? Who knows, and the only way to find out is to locate the number on the top of the gear box (which realistically can only be done by taking the whole thing out). So I won't worry about it.

The oil level was a little on the low side, so I went ahead and drained and replaced the oil with some fresh Castrol GTX 20W50.