[adrianw]

Hi

Thanks for the tips. I had been pondering a raid into the partners tool box.

I have some ATF from about 20yrs ago bought for an e32.

It is my best guess that the bike may have spent 10years outside not moving. Hence the 6000 miles.

The black plastics have whitened where my 160k 99 R11 which lives in a garage are still black.

There is no movement at all from the UJ. We tried a pair of tire irons 2 people applying pressure the third person holding the bike steady.

I will keep up the chemical attack for another week then if it will not budge then the whole box is coming off.

Cheers

Adrian

On the plus side every other nut and bolt came of with ease.