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Bob Distelcamp
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Peanut valve cover

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The other day I saw a super clean R75/5 in Albany,NY. The thing that caught my eye was that
it had a filler cap on the top of the left valve cover. I waited for 1/2 hour hoping to ask the owner
about the valve cover. he never came back. This was a /5 with the peanut valve cover. Does anyone
have information on it.
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Mal S7
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You mean this Bob? Image

Try here http://www.motoren-israel.com/product_i ... -1pc-.html

cheers

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Did it look like this?
http://www.motoren-israel.com/product_i ... -1pc-.html
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Kurt in S.A.
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Someone probably knows this but this is a borrowed concept from way back...it might be something like the R66 or maybe one of the Rennsports. In those situations, I think there was a real need to get oil into the top end as there was no other way. In the /5 situation, oil can drain back through the rocker tubes. I wonder why such a thing is being offered other than to be different. Or is it just laziness...can't reach in and remove the regular dipstick/fill hole.

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Kurt in S.A. wrote:Someone probably knows this but this is a borrowed concept from way back...it might be something like the R66 or maybe one of the Rennsports. In those situations, I think there was a real need to get oil into the top end as there was no other way. In the /5 situation, oil can drain back through the rocker tubes. I wonder why such a thing is being offered other than to be different. Or is it just laziness...can't reach in and remove the regular dipstick/fill hole.

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Maybe with a 10 gallon Heinrich things get a bit tight around the filler......
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Kurt in S.A.
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melville wrote:Maybe with a 10 gallon Heinrich things get a bit tight around the filler......
Good point! :!:

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Major Softie
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It's certainly a lot easier to fill it there at the head, especially with lots of fairing pieces.. That's where the filler is on Oilheads.
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Without the dipstick how would one know just how much to fill? I think it is a "cool factor" from the prewar models.
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Darryl Flynn
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Duane Ausherman wrote:Without the dipstick how would one know just how much to fill? I think it is a "cool factor" from the prewar models.

Same as on the Oil Heads Duane. Keep the dipstick but only use it as that not for filling.

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