Re: Query for Harley Owners

 wrote:


I am sure they have a special funnel to catch the oil.
  

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See Ya On The Road


2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King

 
:
:My question for you more experienced folks is, how the hell do you get
:the oil filter off without puking oil all over the regulator, linkage
:and the floor?

First...

Buy the shop manual.

Now for the oil filter:

Originally, I took a 1 liter plastic soda bottle and cut it to slide
over the oil filter. It worked well. I have also use cardboard for
the same thing. Not as good.

Then, I figured it out.

1. Put a pan under the filter/regulator
2. Remove the filter and let it flow
3. Replace the filter and finish the oil change
4. Wipe off as much of the oil as is easily accessible
5. Spray oily area with simple green
6. Hose it off
7. Use the 2-stroke, 200mph, gas leaf blower to dry it off

No problem.


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Small town person clinging to guns out of bitterness

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Already have and I will say it is one of the best shop manuals I have
ever seen.


Now I could see that working.


That is what I tried. Unfortunately the jiffy stand got in the way of
catching all the oil.


Tanks, I'll try the soda bottle.
  

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See Ya On The Road


2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King

 On Mon, 19 May 2008 23:56:08 GMT, Calgary



Steve's method above works best.


Dave (Dukes Sheep)
'07 FLHTCU NAH#2 DOF #5 SENS
"Oh bother" said Pooh, as he was connected at 14.4kps

A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message.
Q: Why is topposting frowned upon?

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The Honda ST1300 has a similar engineering brain fart. I took a
plastic half-gallon apple juice jug, cut the bottom off and sliced the
sides so it has flaps that cover the protruding pipes. One flap works
as a hook to keep it in place. The oil drains into something like
this:
http://tinyurl.com/3vhbag

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Turby the Turbosurfer