just like he said bolts from the top.

 

Just got back from the garage after doing some more cleaning. Engine bay area is all ready for the remanned engine to come back, which should be in a week or so.

I looked at the oil filter adapter and I don't see how it tightens. The top is against the bottom of the tranny case and the threaded adapter the filter spins onto has no nut. Is it a hex inside the threaded adapter? Is maybe the nut missing? I really can't see how it's held on there...

I did find a couple really nice looking places to hide small red LED strips I got from Harbor Freight so they shine down on the road under the engine but are totally hidden from above.

 

Here's the page from the '84 parts book....should be about the same. Tighten # 41/45

 

I know for a fact that mine doesn't look like that (number 41/45). There is no nut there, just a threaded tube.

 

There is a bolt (6A) under the starter that feeds through the top of the transmission case that holds the filter adapter (40) in place under the transmission. The cone shape on the top of the adapter feeds up in the transmission case.

 

Ultra has put his finger on it! I only tightened mine up a few months ago. 6A tightens from above. I took mine out first and cleaned it, as it was pretty mucky in there, a dirt trap.

 

My favorite :
When you are putting back the compensator nut: put two drops of red loctite (as the moco manual says), not more! Otherwise you are in serious trouble should you need to take it off again! Then tighten it to the whatever specified huge torque, while having your heavy friend sitting on the bike and holding down the rear brake (in high gear obviously).

 

I always wondered about that procedure. One of the early steps of engine removal in my manual is removing the floorboards, as well as the brake pedal. Am I to put the brake pedal back together BEFORE putting the primary back together? LOL!

 

On my bike if the exhaust needs to be removed I leave the floor board removed and the brake master cykinder loose under the bike so the brake arm is out of the way for installing exhaust.

 

Also clean out any residual dried out never-sieze from inside the compensator and clutch hub nut so that you don't get a false torque.
John