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Well... Maybe i have just missed the complete obvious, but i cant find the oil drain tube on my sportster, someone put a very nice aftermarket oil cooler on my bike, braided line and all that jazz... But where is the drain now? Any ideas?
Well... Maybe i have just missed the complete obvious, but i cant find the oil drain tube on my sportster, someone put a very nice aftermarket oil cooler on my bike, braided line and all that jazz... But where is the drain now? Any ideas?
OK, so you went to sleep, woke up next morning and found drain stolen but oil cooler installed?
No i bought the bike late last summer, went to change the oil for the season, there is no hose clamped to the frame like there is supposed to be, its a 2000 1200c, other than under the frame i have no idea where it could be.
My 07 hose was not clamped to the frame anywhere, it just hung down and has a gear clamp holding the plug in.
The plug is black and kind of blends in, could it have just gotten pushed up between the frame rails with the other hoses there?
I can't see any reason why it would have been relocated with the oil cooler installation unless the previous owner moved it to a more convenient location when he had everything apart to install the cooler, you may have to locate the hose at the bottom of the oil tank and follow it backward from there to find the end.
Ya ill have to dig into it more, they are supposed to be under the frame near the kickstand right? I guess thats the one major thing i hate about buy second hand anything, never know the little things they changed that you dont realize until you need to find it.
Kickstand is too far forward, look beside/in front of the rear brake cylinder, here are a couple pics of mine.
This is taken from the left side of the bike beside the rear tire, you can see the hose hanging down with a gear clamp and black plug.
This is from the left side looking down on the transmission area near the battery ground lug, the pen is pointing to the drain hose where it runs from the oil tank and turns down and goes thru a hole to come out below the bike between the frame rails.
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