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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 06:40 PM
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hello I am a 1st time HD owner I have a 1980 shovel and found out the hard way it has a belt conversion for the primary. I can explain if needed. my issue is that the oil was not eliminated from the primary and I have new clutches and belt in, plugged and eliminated oil lines to primary but I now have oil coming out of my crankcase breather. it has an s&s oil pump and I have tried numerous types of oil line routing and plugging with no success. can someone please help ?????
 
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Hi from the UK and welcome to HDF. On my shovel there was an oil feed from the pump to the primary, to directly lubricate the chain. It's possible the pipe you mention is pumped oil, not a breather.
 
 
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