lee
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I finished up fitting the ignition last night and thought I would post up some pics to give an idea of what is involved if anyone is interested in doing this. This will by no means be a Gas Man standard "How To"! should give you an idea though
first off drain and remove the tank - you will see this
Then remove the battery - you will see this
The best place I could find to mount the module itself was underneath the battery tray - it wouldn't squeeze in between the underside of the tray and the connection into the starter so I had to raise the battery tray with some spacers
I then had to drill two holes in the battery tray for the bolts
Here is a pic from the top after bolting in the module
in this pic you can see the module bolted to the underside of the battery tray, ready to be connected up.
the next thing to do was to bolt in the knock sensor into the front cylinder and the head heat sensor into the rear cylinder
The S&S harness is designed to plug into a stock Harley wiring harness. Also included is an additional bit of kit with three wires for power, ground and tach signal. I had to disconnect the connector from the EHC with these 3 wires like so
I then crimped the 3 wires from the EHC to the 3 wires from the IST harness
like so
I then shrink wrapped the connectors. I thought I had a pic but apprently not!
You also get a new coil harness - I removed the 3 stock wires from the coil and shrink wrapped the ends - I then connected the new 3 wires and shrink wrapped the ignition switch connector
you then need to start connecting everytning up - here is a pick of the IST installation kit that need to connected up
here is a pic of the stock ignition module - you should be able to spot the difference between the two if you look carefully!
Oh yeah - you also have to install the map sensor - this connects up to the vacuum hose coming from the front head to the intake manifold with a T junction
Then I swapped out the stock crank position sensor and installed the new one in its place. I forgot to get a picture of this. You then just route the wires along the frame and back to the module and plug it in.
I then followed the instructions and plugged each connector in one by one, shrink wrapping where I could and sealing with dielectric grease.
I also shrink wrapped all the connectors under the tank and re cable tied
this next pic shows some of the connectors, shrink wrapped, which I managed to fit inside the side covers
I then put the side covers back on, battery and seat and these 2 pics are basically what you can see
I also grinded down the side covers where they nearly meet other to open up the gap slightly where the bigger cables need to feed through. Sorry no pics. I could also now do with a smaller battery! Looking at Odyssey batteries.
Like I said at the top this is by no means a Gas Man quality "How To" but should give you and idea of what is involved. The most time consuming thin was mounting the module itself.
first off drain and remove the tank - you will see this
Then remove the battery - you will see this
The best place I could find to mount the module itself was underneath the battery tray - it wouldn't squeeze in between the underside of the tray and the connection into the starter so I had to raise the battery tray with some spacers
I then had to drill two holes in the battery tray for the bolts
Here is a pic from the top after bolting in the module
in this pic you can see the module bolted to the underside of the battery tray, ready to be connected up.
the next thing to do was to bolt in the knock sensor into the front cylinder and the head heat sensor into the rear cylinder
The S&S harness is designed to plug into a stock Harley wiring harness. Also included is an additional bit of kit with three wires for power, ground and tach signal. I had to disconnect the connector from the EHC with these 3 wires like so
I then crimped the 3 wires from the EHC to the 3 wires from the IST harness
like so
I then shrink wrapped the connectors. I thought I had a pic but apprently not!
You also get a new coil harness - I removed the 3 stock wires from the coil and shrink wrapped the ends - I then connected the new 3 wires and shrink wrapped the ignition switch connector
you then need to start connecting everytning up - here is a pick of the IST installation kit that need to connected up
here is a pic of the stock ignition module - you should be able to spot the difference between the two if you look carefully!
Oh yeah - you also have to install the map sensor - this connects up to the vacuum hose coming from the front head to the intake manifold with a T junction
Then I swapped out the stock crank position sensor and installed the new one in its place. I forgot to get a picture of this. You then just route the wires along the frame and back to the module and plug it in.
I then followed the instructions and plugged each connector in one by one, shrink wrapping where I could and sealing with dielectric grease.
I also shrink wrapped all the connectors under the tank and re cable tied
this next pic shows some of the connectors, shrink wrapped, which I managed to fit inside the side covers
I then put the side covers back on, battery and seat and these 2 pics are basically what you can see
I also grinded down the side covers where they nearly meet other to open up the gap slightly where the bigger cables need to feed through. Sorry no pics. I could also now do with a smaller battery! Looking at Odyssey batteries.
Like I said at the top this is by no means a Gas Man quality "How To" but should give you and idea of what is involved. The most time consuming thin was mounting the module itself.
tearing right into that fucker!
looking good....let us know how you like that new ignition....thats one thing I still have to do with mine is shrink wrap under the tank....
