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Old Sep 25, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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do they make adapters to put a 2016 103" and transmission in a 1987 Harley fltc tour glide
 
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In not so many words................No!
 
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You would also have to use the same year primary as the engine / trans combo and who knows what else.

Time & money will make anything work but at some point the value just isn't there to do it.
 
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