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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Not to get to far off the subject. I ran Quaker State in may 1984 Camaro for 16years. When I rebuilt the engine with 250,000 plus mile it had no sludge and very little ring grove. After the rebuild I went to castrol oil. Not sure why as the Quaker State wasnt broken.

But back to the subject I have lube the linkage and will see how it does tomorow. Thanks again everyone.
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
I agree on their gas. They made some good hi-test at one time.

I've not used Quaker State enough but heard that also. I use Penzoil in my cars and have not had the first oil related problem.
I think the majority of the oils now are better but old habits are sometimes hard to break.
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Is it just shifting hard ,and are the springs all there? OOps sorry you can't see the springs.
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Could also be clutch cable has worn/streched enough over many yrs use/many miles that the clutch isnt disenguaging enough anymore to allow smooth/normal shifting.

So chk clutch adj before digging any deeper.

Scott
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Did I hear someone talking about OIL????
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
grumpyroger wrote:
Did I hear someone talking about OIL????

ROTELLA T 15w40!

Yeah yeah... whatever.
 
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Re:Change oil on my 2003 Road Star 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Thanks everyone for the info. Lube the linkage last night and it's working just fine now.
 
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Happy endings rock
 
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That's good to hear!
 
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