So I am going to do a nice uneventful oil change on my bike.
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Or so I thought.
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Friggin Oil Filler plug will not come out. And this is the one I paid 140 frivilous dollars for too![:@]
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So I go to pull it out.
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Won't budge.
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I pull on it more, while wiggling it back and forth (a la&nbsp\\;common sense).
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Friggin about pulled the bike off the rack.

Still won't budge.
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Luckily I pulled the chrome cover completely&nbsp\\;off I was pulling so hard on it.
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Still stuck, except it looks like some plastic taiwanese electric toy is staring at me and laughing now.
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after tugging on this POS for a few more drops of sweat I&nbsp\\;concede to the Vice-grips.
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100lbs of pressure later, the plug comes out.
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except not all of it. there are still two thin little cylinder scarring pieces dangling in the hole. Glory be.&nbsp\\;how&nbsp\\;nice ...
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So I get 2, yes 2&nbsp\\;needlenose pliers and with surgeonlike precision I simultaneously pull the&nbsp\\;two remaining pieces out of the hole
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Supposed to be a nice uneventful 2 beer oil change, but no. Friggin Chinese Harley Parts did it again.
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Phak that thing. I am using the good&nbsp\\;old stocker now.
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Where is my beer.&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\;

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WOW... On my Ultra the dipstick screws in.

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'07 Black and Chrome, Ultra Classic, aka "Skully", Best ride EVER!
There is No Such Thing as Too Many Skulls or Too Much Chrome

What a pain!&nbsp\\; The lessons we learn....[:@]

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Grandpa used to say: "There are two kinds of bikers, those that ride HARLEYS, and those that wish they did...."

I was thinkin' the same thing as I was reading.&nbsp\\; Only I was hoping that there would be a "then dubmass me realized it didn't just pull out.&nbsp\\; It unscrews" line at the end of the story.

Hey dum azz, try turning it counter clockwise. I guess you are not the one that put it in. Don't blame the dipstick, dipstick.
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I think you should maybe let someone else do your service. [8D]

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2007 FLHRS
1996 FXSTC

..........and the Slapped A$$ of the Year Award goes to slochicken.
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I was ROFLMAO when I realized that it wasn't a joke.

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98% of all Harley issues are self inflicted.

They don't just pull out, they must be turned to release.

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Stage 1 Air
Samson slip-ons
chrome stuff here, there & everywhere

&nbsp\\;How did you do with the oil filter? Did you remeber to put the OIL in YIKES!!!!

It is a friggin oil change guys.
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On this model (most FLs I imagine) the dipstick pulls straight out. Why would it be different on a digital one? That wouldn't make any good sense, now would it? Explain me that, oh wise-crackers?
Of course, we are talking MoCo wisdom here, so anything goes.
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There are no threads inside the filler hole - thus no amount of turning counter-clockwise or otherwise should make much of a difference,not that it wasn't tried numerous times&nbsp\\;before the heavy equipment came out ...
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So, the original dipstick/filler cap simply slips in?&nbsp\\; What year is the bike?

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'07 Black and Chrome, Ultra Classic, aka "Skully", Best ride EVER!
There is No Such Thing as Too Many Skulls or Too Much Chrome