Where are the fuses and a red light

[jeffwest5599]

I have searched high and low and cannot find fuses or a fuse box on my 2001 pit bull. Any help would be appreciated. I think I have a fuse out as my indicator lights, neutral and high beam on the dash are not working but the actual indicators are. I was going to check that before I looked at actual bluls under the panel.

Secondly, on the dash there are the two indicator lights, the green neutral light, blue high beam light and a red light. The red light stays on all of the time and they guys who had this bike before me said it was always on. Anyone know what this is and is it normal to stay on.

Thanks

Jeff

 

[jeffwest5599]

Fuses

Surely someone knows where the fuse box or controller is on this bike and the red light. Any help is appreciated.

Jeff

 

[Oscar Maldonado]

Jeff -

Have you gone through and checked all of your connections? Have you taken your dash panel off of the tanks and checked the plugs? I would say start with that first. Don't know anything about a fuse box on the bike.

The red light issue -

Is it on even when the bike is off and the key is pulled? Or is it on throughout your whole ride. I have a red light on my pitbull that lets me know that my shit is powered on. then it goes out.

 

[1BADK9]

Hang in there Jeff someone with an older dog like yours will chime in eventually. If i were a gambling man i'd bet your red indicator is oil pressure idiot light. If the bike is fine then you may have a bad oil pressure sensor. THe newer bikes have no fuses they just have a single circuit breaker.

 

[BadBrad]

Not sure about your year bike, but some have a red light indicating low oil. All the other lights you list come from a single plug under your dash on the tank. Pull that and see if all appears to be plugged in at the bottom of the aluminium housing where the lights are located. Again, I'm not familiar with that year but the wife has an '03 an I'm going with what I know on that.

 

[jeffwest5599]

Fuses

Ok. Thanks. I am going to just pull the dash and check connections. I just wanted to see if there was a fuse box as that would be an easy look. It msy just be the bulbs in the dash. As far as the red light, it stays on when the key is turned and nine is running. I assumed it was a oil indicator but oil level is fine.

Jeff

 

[jeffwest5599]

Fuses

Puled the dash and found a Thinderheart controller. It must have had some dirt in the dash panel connection. Impolite the connected off And wiped it down. Plugged it back in and working properly with no issues.

Jeff

 

[erldawg]

Yeah

 

[BadBrad]

Good Deal Lucile!!!!!!

 

[Oscar Maldonado]

Sweet!:2thumbs:

Good feeling knowing you found and fixed the problem huh?

 

[jeffwest5599]

Fuses

Yes it is. Just trying to learn these bikes. I have always ridden Harleys and the electronics are a little different on these. However, you learn something new each day. Thanks for everyone's input. Hopefully my posts from now on will be how nice someone's bike looks or helping someone else. Not issues with mine.

Jeff

 

[Oldhvymetal]

Jeff apologies I saw this yesterday but couldn't get to an i-net connection that allowed access to the board. Network Nazi's abound lately...

Glad you got it straightened out by cleaning up the connections. It was a wise choice to clean up the wiring around the controller.

On my 2000 (which is prolly the same as your 2001), the circuit breakers are integrated as a part of the harness module. They're labeled CB 1-4. The assignments are as such:
CB1 - head light, tail light
CB2 - kill switch/ignition coil
CB3 - ignition switch, main power
CB4 - brake light, horn, turn signals
There's no fuse that I know of.

Maybe this can be useful for future reference, I should probably post it in the vintage dog thread...

A day late and a dollar short, story of my life.

 

[CCRainman]

I didn't see this ealier either. There are no fuses, it's all controlled by the module.