Or down the frame and all over the wiring to the oil cooler. That's where it always seems to end up. Like the paper towel idea.
JT I use the orange tray under the filter but before removing filter I drill one hole in the bottom of filter and one at the top to vent, go have a cold drink come back loosen the filter so top hole is on bottom and see if it is completely drained.
I’m gonna go with this change your oil mess meditation project and I see the good ideas being shared here with you … that being said … and at great personal risk to my own digital life, why would you not ride over to Harley, have a hot dog and ride back home with your new oil and not a single drop of runoff less than an hour later.
Because I want it done right and $100 will get me lunch for a week.
You do have to buy the oil and the filter so you kinda should deduct that from lunch
for the very little extra and me not doing it, cleaning it up and disposing of the old oil it’s really a win win.
What do you do with the old oil?
My local town recycle center takes it.
Well, no. Material cost is the same, but I'm not paying HD $100 an hour for what I can do in 15 minutes. The recycle place is 5 minutes up the road and I always wait until I have other things that need to go there. This only gets done on the 5,000 mile service schedule when I check all the other stuff on the list. The HD dealership is 45 minutes from me and my getting there is dependent on weather. Then I wait there for two or three hours. So, in my case, it's way easier for me to do it myself.
It's that making sure it's done right thing that concerns me. First time I went to my current HD dealer to do the 15,000 mile service I noticed they billed for 2 spark plugs. Was told we always change the plugs during the service. I said, fine, but the M8's have 4 plugs. Guy just looked at me. Have to say at 35,000 miles that they've gotten better since then,but I started doing my own service after that incident.
i have used this for years.. reaches all 3 drains Low Profile Oil Drain Pan 63795-10 | Harley-Davidson USA
if i remember it holds 10 qts. so 2 times the service & local auto parts recycle the oil free. just take the drain pan in & they drain it easy peasy
That's what I've been using. Works just fine. With the drain spout it makes it convenient to dump the used oil into the empty oil containers. Easier to dispose of in my case.
The trike came new with 360 and for me every 3000 works fine. I always used the stock original oil in all my bikes whether they came with conventional or synthetic that’s what they always used
I think you meant 5 quarts, right?
No … I just quoted NGU … a 5 gallon bucket of waste oil from #23
It’s a simple push rod engine. I truly believe we over think fluids. Now, Harley Is using gear oil in the primary. And guess what , they started to use 15W50 now. I went 92000 miles withmy 07 FLHTC and when I sold the motor to a chopper builder in Chicago, he called me to ask what I’d been using. He said really. It’s motor oil, gear oil . Just that. Marketing dollars.
I'm really amazed at how long this thread has gone on. I guess when oil is involved all bets are off.
