Last night I left work at 2pm,drove the Sorento over to Dianes(60 miles),got the bike and back to Truro to pick her up from work,25 miles, then up to New Brunswick so I could get her to drive the Hawk back(100 miles),then ripped back to New Glascow to be ready for work today(140 miles). Well,I did sure enjoy following those big fins down the road,and Diane said the car ran beautifully,even better than she remembered from last summer,no doubt because my Dads been tinkering with the carb,he must have things just right.So the Hawks home for the Canada Show and shine in Shubie on Saturday.
Now for the rant.
While up at Dads I wanted to change the oil in my bike,as Ive already put on more than 6k (kilometers) this spring. When I was at the dealers picking up the oil and filter last week,the dummy at the parts counter handed me the"long" oil filter,the kind I used to use on my last 80 cu. in. Harley. The new 88 cu. in. twin cam takes a shorter version,and I asked if he was sure the long one would fit my 04 Dyna Low Rider. "Oh sure it will" says he. The next day I looked at the clearance between the oil filter,which runs horizontially across the front of the engine,and I just couldn't see how that long filter would clear this plug,that has a heavy wire attached,thats actually the crank rev counter for the engine. So I called the Dealer and asked to look it up and make sure this filter would work. He did,and assured me it would. So,Im happy,the bigger the oil filter the better right?
Wrong!! I was at Dads last night,in a hurray to get back on the road,drained the dirty oil,pulled the old filter and dropped it in the pan with the dirty oil,then tried installing my new long filter. It was obvious right away there was something very wrong. I even removed the voltage regulator out of the way but no way was that filter going to clear that plug and wire on the engine. So I fished my old filter out of the pan and put it back on,dumped my new clean oil in,and headed back cursing the A-hole at the H-D parts counter every mile.
I just got off the phone with their service department,and guess what,the long filters do NOT fit the new twin cams(duh). So I said, I think you guys owe me a free oil change and I want it as soon as possible,as in tonight.
They agreed,so now Im off to Halifax after work and back for my last day shift tommorrow(200 miles).
You expect these kind of F-ups from Canadian Tire or Wal-Mart,but from the so called experts at a genuine Harley-Davidson dealer?
Im still pissed, but what can ya do.
Now for the rant.
While up at Dads I wanted to change the oil in my bike,as Ive already put on more than 6k (kilometers) this spring. When I was at the dealers picking up the oil and filter last week,the dummy at the parts counter handed me the"long" oil filter,the kind I used to use on my last 80 cu. in. Harley. The new 88 cu. in. twin cam takes a shorter version,and I asked if he was sure the long one would fit my 04 Dyna Low Rider. "Oh sure it will" says he. The next day I looked at the clearance between the oil filter,which runs horizontially across the front of the engine,and I just couldn't see how that long filter would clear this plug,that has a heavy wire attached,thats actually the crank rev counter for the engine. So I called the Dealer and asked to look it up and make sure this filter would work. He did,and assured me it would. So,Im happy,the bigger the oil filter the better right?
Wrong!! I was at Dads last night,in a hurray to get back on the road,drained the dirty oil,pulled the old filter and dropped it in the pan with the dirty oil,then tried installing my new long filter. It was obvious right away there was something very wrong. I even removed the voltage regulator out of the way but no way was that filter going to clear that plug and wire on the engine. So I fished my old filter out of the pan and put it back on,dumped my new clean oil in,and headed back cursing the A-hole at the H-D parts counter every mile.
I just got off the phone with their service department,and guess what,the long filters do NOT fit the new twin cams(duh). So I said, I think you guys owe me a free oil change and I want it as soon as possible,as in tonight.
They agreed,so now Im off to Halifax after work and back for my last day shift tommorrow(200 miles).
You expect these kind of F-ups from Canadian Tire or Wal-Mart,but from the so called experts at a genuine Harley-Davidson dealer?
Im still pissed, but what can ya do.
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