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Engine Lubrication.
Note.—Additives are unnecessary and should not be used.
Summer—(Ambient temperatures above 60° Fahrenheit.)
Viscosity S.A.E.50.
Duckham's NOL. " Fifty." (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd.)
Castrol XXL. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Mobiloil B.B. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Energol 50. (B.P. Energol.)
Essolube 50. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Shell X.100. 50. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Winter—(Ambient temperatures below 60° Fahrenheit.)
Viscosity S.A.E.30.
Shell X100. 30. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Energol 30. (B.P. Energol.)
Duckham's NOL. " Thirty." (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd.)
Essolube 30. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Mobiloil A. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Castrol XL. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Gearbox Lubrication.
AU Seasons—Viscosity S.A.E.50.
See recommendations for engine (Summer) lubrication.
Front Fork Lubrication and Damping.
Viscosity S.A.E.20.
Castrolite. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Shell X100. 20 /20W. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Energol 20. (B.P. Energol.)
Mobiloil Arctic. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Duckham's NOL. " Twenty." (Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd.)
Essolube 20. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Air Cleaner Element.
Viscosity S.A.E.50.
See recommendations for engine (Summer) lubrication.
General Lubrication from Oilcan.
Viscosity S.A.E.10.
Mobil Handy Oil. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Duckham's NOL. " Ten." (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd:)
Esso Shock Absorber Oil. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Oilit. (C. C. Wakefield & Co. Ltd.)
Donax A.1. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Energol 10. (B.P. Energol.)
Lubrication from Grease Gun.
Esso Grease. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Energrease C.3. (B.P. Energol.)
H.P.G. Grease. (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd.)
Retinax A. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Castrolease Medium. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Mobilgrease No. 2. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Rear Chain Lubrication.
Energrease. C.3G. (B.P. Energol.)
Laminoid. (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd.)
Retinax A. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
Castrolease Graphited. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Mobilgrease No. 2. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Essogrease. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)
Hub Lubrication.
Mobil Hub Grease. (Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.)
Retinax A. (Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd.)
H.B.B. Grease. (Alexander Duckham & Co., Ltd.)
Energrease C.3. (B.P. Energol.)
Castrolease Heavy. (C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.)
Esso Grease. (Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.)

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