ANNUNCIATOR

[H-fred biker]

Any tip Before removing my annunciator or buy a new one, Winter job
I have never had any tach-light, was blinking when I got the bike, then gone, but I don´t care.
Now even no blue high-beam light.
Everything else ok.
Cable breakage up in the annunciator ?? or at the JST under the tank ?? or do the leds crack ??

 

[Jwooky]

Start by taking the speedo/tach assembly off the bike. Cover the tank with thick towel. Two bolts from the bottom, then once off the bike, one more to allow you to separate the housing. There are connectors inside the housing. Once apart check for any broken/chafed wires.

 

[kickstart]

Take your time and don't pry too hard, work your way around slowly.

 

[relativerhythm]

There's a Big Dog speedometer removal video on YouTube.

 

[Sven]

Once apart check for any broken/chafed wires.

Check 1. With ohm meter; I alligator clip the ground of the meter to a good known ground on the frame. I probe each wire in the connector off the tach/speedo, etc. No swing to ground with an analog ohm meter, no short to ground. I cleared any chafed wire to ground.

Check 2. With ohm meter; I have to run the full wire harness again [from meter to black box] and find a break in the wire. I may find a color change from connector to connector say. Say I run a fast check as to; hold one meter probe at the one wire, move to the other end of the connector end, begin at one corner and move to the next till the ohm meter swings for that one wire the other probe is stuck into. Magic mark that connector end so you do not probe it again, but narrow down the one side of the connector, rather than pulling back the covering to expose said wire colors, etc.

This now eliminates the wiring at the harness:
A. It shows integrity from prong to prong.
B. It shows no grounding for 1 and 2 checks.
C. It does not show a good connection of the prong into the annunciator/black box prongs and that connection.

 

[H-fred biker]

Great video, I have done that, have a Dakota digital on my Ridgeback