{"id":48991,"date":"2018-03-17T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=48991"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:08","slug":"gs1200ss-oil-cooled-maintenance-lighting-issues-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20180317\/everyday-events\/gs1200ss-oil-cooled-maintenance-lighting-issues-3","title":{"rendered":"\u2461GS1200SS Oil-cooled maintenance \u2014 Lighting issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-251809375\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s perform oil-cooled maintenance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nWhen you remove the shift arm, the first notch becomes hard to see. The marking wears off. It&#8217;s easier to understand if you mark it on the step bar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nI removed the starter motor and generator. When you clean and rust-proof things like this, the next time you remove them you&#8217;ll think, &#8220;Hey! This looks pretty good!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nIt was rattling and clicking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nI gave it a light polish. Attention to detail in the places no one sees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll keep the sprocket cover cleaning to a reasonable level. I rust-proofed the push rod and shift shaft with Slick Con. Keeping it from rusting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nIt had worn quite a bit. After nearly 15 years, this one is really struggling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s clean the damper hole and blow out the gravel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nThe latest-style damper as always.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nThe oil cooler clamp had stripped threads, so I installed a helicoil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1690449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\nThe breather cover has also been polished and looks great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s perform oil-cooled maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[62,1919],"class_list":["post-48991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gs1200ss","tag-oil-cooled-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}