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My first attempt at changing the oil and transmission fluid on the Honda

Sorry everybody, I couldn’t load a video greater than 100mb on the blog so if you follow the link below it will take you to my first attempt.  Remember this was my first time and I learned a lot of what to do and what not to do like having the bike almost slide off the stand and lots of other tricks. 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SZ9Cxfxvlkrm6xFDk83ovq0P8OIqCcam

For the complete video of me changing the oil click on the link at the top of this post.

I found the following in the Honda Manual.  My grandpa and I drove to Rocky Mountain in St. George (St. Geezeyville) to buy the kit that gives you the oil, the transmission fluid and the oil filter.

Changing Engine Oil & Filter

  • 1. Run the engine for 3 minutes, then shut it off. 
  • 2. Support the CRF in an upright position on a level surface.
  • 3. Remove the engine oil filler cap from the left crankcase cover.
  • 4. Place an oil drain pan under the engine to catch the oil. Then remove the engine oil
  • drain bolt and sealing washer. (Sure, it drips and drains all over the stand)
  • 5. With the engine stop button pushed, repeat kickstarter operation approximately 5 times to
  • drain the engine oil completely. Yeah, I almost killed myself doing this because the bike started sliding off of the stand so I just hand did it.
  • 6. After the oil has drained, install the engine oil drain bolt with a new sealing washer to the
  • specified torque: 12 lbf·ft (16 N·m, 1.6 kgf·m)
  • 8. Remove the left engine guard bolt and left engine guard. 10mm socket or wrench.
  • 9. Remove the oil filter cover bolts and oil filter cover.
  • 10. Remove the oil filter from the cover.
  • 11. Check that the oil filter cover O-ring is in good condition. (It was.)
  • 12. Apply grease to the seat face of the spring. Okay, I didn’t do this.
  • 13. Position the spring against the engine crankcase and install a new oil filter with the rubber seal  facing out, away from the engine. You should see the ”OUT-SIDE” mark on the filter body, near the seal. The TUSK Filter didn’t have the words but looking at it I compared the positioning with the Honda filter. 

NOTE: Use a new genuine Honda oil filter or a filter of equal quality specified for your model. Rocky Mountain sold me a TUSK Filter.

If the oil filter is not installed properly, it will cause serious engine damage.

  • 14. Install the oil filter cover O-ring and oil filter cover being careful not to damage the O-ring,
  • then tighten the oil filter cover bolts to the specified torque: 9 lbf·ft (12 N·m, 1.2 kgf·m) I asked the expert at the counter about torque wrench and he said that he has never used a torque wrench.
  • 15. Install the left engine guard and left engine guard bolt.
  • 16. Fill the crankcase with the recommended oil. Capacity: 0.73 US qt (0.69R) at oil and filter change
  • 0.70 US qt (0.66R) at oil change  (about 22.4 ounces)
  • 17. Install the engine oil filler cap.
  • 18. Check the engine oil level by following the steps in Checking & Adding oil in the manual.  I looked at the fill bubble and made sure that what I put in registered just below the H and then made sure that I put in about .70 US qt.  We looked up converting parts of a quart to ounces and it came out at about 22.4 ounces.  Gramma gave me a old container that actually had the ounces on it so I was able to also measure the oil when I put it in.
I’ll do a lot better next time.  I also changed out the Transmission Fluid at the same time I did the oil.

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