Wildcat, that's about what mine looks like.
You probably are going to want to get the faster motor anyway if you cut a lot of aluminum. Run it like this for a while longer, then drain it and go to the lighter oil when you upgrade your motor.
With all the pix of people's gearboxes, I am really tempted to convert to a belt drive, maybe even 2:1 so I can run 6000 rpm for aluminum when I swap motors. It doesn't look to me like it would be that hard to do. No oil at all in that case!
Best,
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