Thanks man. It's been good learning and alot of fun. Doing the best I can do with a manual and some tools. Plus trying to get it all ready to go for summer. Good times!
nice pics and good work!
on the one side of the handlebar the wires are uncovered now. I had my issues with that situation in the past. they rubbed against the welds and got me a bit of a fire/smokey problem. since that I allways want to see where my wires are
but I wish you the best and good luck!
nice pics and good work!
on the one side of the handlebar the wires are uncovered now. I had my issues with that situation in the past. they rubbed against the welds and got me a bit of a fire/smokey problem. since that I allways want to see where my wires are
but I wish you the best and good luck!
After I ran the bare wires through the bars I tried as best I could to pull the wires back through the cover and pushed the wire cover back into the bars as far as it would go on so that the wires would be covered a bit in the bars. I did this on both sides. Judging from how much was pushed up, I think there is only about 3-4 in of wires exposed in the bars, most of which (i hope) is not near the welds. I would hate to have a fire/smokey problem like you are saying. Thanks so much for the heads up and the advice.
bars and grips look great...nice job on the pics and how to steps...i like how you said you stopped with the pics because frustration i bet everybody on here can relate i know i can
Thanks so much man. Ya its pretty funny, there I will be trying to remember to take pics, then when things start to take a turn to frustration town, I'm like, fuck taking pics, I gotta figure this shit out. Plus when I'm pissed the last thing I feel like doing is taking a pic of how I screwed something up.
With the bars all done I wanted to try and clean up the front by getting rid og the tach and running just a speedo. I looked around and ended up posting a WTB ad and with in a couple hours I bought a single speedo housing from a member in MO. So when it finally arrived, I was down in the garage with the manual getting to work.
So here is the single speedo housing
Should look good
Detached eyebrow and speedo/tach housing
Removed backing from tach to unhook wires from tach to deutsch connector under eyebrow. You have to remove the wires otherwise you cannot remove tach from housing because the wires go through the housing.
Here is the 12 point connector that lives under the eyebrow
I had to follow the wires back to know which ones to disconnect, but then I noticed there was a black ground wire that splits and one part goes to the tach and the other to the speedo so I had to cut that wire. Now I am not in the habit of cutting wires but in this case, I had no choice.
After the black ground wire was cut, the tach came off pretty easily. Here it is all disassembled and off the mount!
Then to keep things clean, I put it all back together and reassembled it. And tah-dah!!! Tach is off and easy enough.
As it turns out the speedo removal was to be a more complicated than the tach. See with the tach, it was as simple as unscrew, disconnect, snip, done but the speedo, well, the speedo had this bundle of wires that ran from the speedo, through the mount then down under the tank and alllllllll the way to the main wiring harness under the seat.
Here is the speedo open:
Here is a wider angle
You can see the loose wires that needed to be disconnected. The black thing in the middle is the trip meter. On the right of the photo you can see that there are 2 wire bundles that run out of the speedo. One bundle goes to the deutsch connector and the other goes to the main wiring harness under the seat.
There is where that bad boy connects
Undo the connector and you can see the 3 pins that need to be removed in order to free the speedo
Once disconnected I noticed that the wire is zip tied to the main bundle of wires that run from the main wiring harness forward, under the tank. I followed the wire bundle down from the speedo housing and came to the conclusion that I might have to take off the tank in order to free the wire bundle. But then I realized that if I clipped certain zip ties, I would have enough slack to pull the wire free. Then I would just use new zip ties when I ran the wire bundle back to the main harness.
If you are wondering why I had to do this its because the wire bundle runs into the speedo and THROUGH the speedo/tach bracket. So even when you push the speedo out of the housing, this wire bundle still runs THROUGH the bracket, you cannot disconnect it at the speedo because it runs into the speedo, you have to disconnect it that the main wiring harness.
You can see here where I cut the zip ties
This is the path of the wire bundle
About the ignition coil is where I pulled the wire bundle after I freed it from certain zip ties. It took a bit of convincing but it started to come out
Then next thing I knew, the wire bundle was free and so was the speedo and bracket. You can see that at this point the instrument lights are still attached to the mounting bracket
From here it was a breeze. I just unscrewed the lights from the back of the bracket
Oh yes, you can see on the left there is where I taped up that loose ground wire.
I screwed the dummy lights into the new single speedo housing and then....
It took a little convincing but I pushed the new speedo in the housing and re attached the loose wires in the back. Here is a little tip: Use some WD-40 on the foam rings that go around the speedo to help get them in between the speedo and the housing. It will take a little work, but the WD-40 will help (also might have been because the housing was slightly out of shape (but only slightly)).
Next thing you know.....here it is the single speedo ready to go.
I said, "You know, now that I got the speedo and tach off it just looks so good without it. I am just gonna keep it off." So I did, and it looks waaaaaay cleaner.
looks like a great build up so far! super clean. I also decided to take the speedo off my bike for a good clean look
Thanks man!! Ya, I totally got the new single speedo housing all ready to go and was like, "No way man, this just looks too good. If I get pulled over, I'll put it on for the fix it. Or maybe I will throw it on for long trips but other than that, its off. Also, I just got my new seat today so I should have some new pics up soon.
Where did you find your manual? I'm having trouble finding one for my 2000.
I found mine on ebay, funny enough from a seller in England. He even had 2 of them, one still in the bag and one a little beat up (thats the one I got, it was cheaper). I would check ebay, amazon, and if all else fails you can get them direct from Harley Davidson. For example if you have a stealership close to you, you can call them and ask for the parts department and they might even have one in stock, if not they can order you a new one.
You can also put up a WTB in the classifieds, I have found some good stuff that way.
Also, in my opinion the factory shop manual is far superior to the Clymer ot Haines manuals. Although any manual is better than no manual. I will keep my eyes out for you and PM you if I come across one.
I didn't find anything on ebay or most other places. I found one on Amazon and after a bit of tossing it around in my head, I went ahead and dropped the $60 on it. Geezus. Pricey for a bunch of paper and ink. But, i hope it'll be worth it. Thanks for the response though. I'm loving your bike so far man. What other plans do you have for it?
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