A friend recently purchased a 1996 flht and asked if I would show him how to do an oil change on the bike. Well I know where the drain is on my 1985 flhtc with side oil bag and where the drain is on my 2002 Twin cam but I have not worked on a 1996 before. Does the 1996 have the oil tank under the transmission like the 2002? Is the oil drain plug in the same location as the 2002? What about the transmission oil drain plug?

 

Oil tank under trans...probably not much different than your 2002. One drain on front of trans ...one mighty close to the exhaust.

 

yes, so forward facing plug is oil.

downward facing plug is tranny.

mike

 

What is the drain on the first picture
On the 02 the oil drain is on left side of the tank facing fwd and tranny drain on right side pointing down. Noth on same pan

 

After looking at you picture i assume pix one shows oil drain. Tranny out of the bike threw me a little.
Thanks