Venting!

Every time I change my oil, I bitch about the poor engineering design! The hose with a plug on the end is rediculous! It's too short, too hard to reach with 2 hands, and basically just a pain in the ****!
What idiot designed this I wonder??? I'd like to kick him square in the nuts!

 

All that work you've done on that nice ride and you whining about the drain hose?

 

A better design than my friend's 04 dyna. You have about 2 inches between the ground and where the plug is, so you practically need to put it on a lift to be able to get a oil pan under there (unless HD makes a low profile oil pan, likely a bargain at 55.00). I actually can't think of a better way to do it, oil comes out and you can aim it with the hose (kind of like something in nature that works pretty well).

 

LOL It's kinda funny reading your post, after reading my post. LOL


For me, all 3 of those things is bad!

 

Have you tried to pull that hose down? I discovered that it's a lot longer and will pull down for fairly easy access.

And don't bad mouth Mickey! If HD had engineers half as smart as Disney, the freekin oil would change itself.

 

Now I can't get my mind out of the gutter. LOL!!!!

 

My buddies Yamahonda requires the removal of the front muffler AND header pipe to access the oil filter, now that's a mickey mouse set up.