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krieghoff wrote:Yes a needle type tip but not that long. The whole thing fits in your hand with a hand plunger. There was one shown below the picture of the tip you posted.

krieghoff wrote:I have 2 - 650's and a 550. All three of them were made prior to the change to grease fittings. What I did was to use a small grease gun that is made for greasing a chain saw bar. Works for me and saved me a lot of time. I use a high quality grease to insure it stays where it's placed.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
Yes. My machines have two small holes in the lower arm housing and one on the top. The right side hole on the lower housing is partially visible in the photo, but unless you know what you are looking at, it's hard to see.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I have had two Dillon XL650s for a number of years. I recently watched a Dillon video on lubricating the XL650 and learned that I've been doing pretty much everything wrong. I've been putting grease where I should use oil, and oil where I should use grease. Even the oil I used (gun oil) was wrong. Dillon says to use only 30 wt. motor oil. Parts that I never lubricate should get grease. I take care of my equipment, so I was not happy. In my defense, neither of my owner's manuals have one word about XL650 maintenance, including lubricating.

The newer models have grease zerks on two of of the rods, but mine has only VERY small holes. I never considered that one is supposed to get grease in those holes. It turns out I was right; grease isn't going in those holes! I called Dillon today to see if the zerk fittings and bars are available as an upgrade. They are, but at about $45 each for two machines, it would be easier to unscrew the nuts and pull the bolts out so they can be greased. I had decided to do that but I wonder if I could drill the small holes to accept zerks. Has anyone done this with a 650? Also, is there a standard size hole and thread for zerks?

Thanks,
Chas.