Indicator light question?
Road Warrior
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From: Little Rock
i know it can be replaced with just bulb, wired to the correct wires.. thats what i did.. old sportster speedo with bulb type indicators.. so that indicates to me all the idiot lite feed wires are putting out 12 volts..
ive been thinking about drag bars and a mount like you mentioned myself... the only lite im concerned with is oil pressure, my thought was to wire the oil pressure wire to the low fuel lite.. i never use that lite anyway since my tank lift, it comes on way to early.. so this way i would have just the speedo and a lite for low oil pressure.. just my take..
ive been thinking about drag bars and a mount like you mentioned myself... the only lite im concerned with is oil pressure, my thought was to wire the oil pressure wire to the low fuel lite.. i never use that lite anyway since my tank lift, it comes on way to early.. so this way i would have just the speedo and a lite for low oil pressure.. just my take..
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wkdavistx,
I installed Wild1 chubby 8" drag bars so I am trying to move the "idiot" lights from the stock "bar clamp/indicator light/speedo mount" to the dash on a FXD. The speedo will be mounted in a drag specialties DS-373864 single gauge mount but that leaves the "idiot" lights hanging out with no place to live. If the integrated idiot light block (5 surface mount LED's on a circuit board) can be replaced with 5 "normal" 12V LED's then I can figure a way to mount them on the dash between the tank fill and fuel gauge similar to what JRK5892 has done. So far it sounds like it is possible so I might just have to give it a try. More ideas and or confirmations would be appreciated....
Thanks everyone!
I installed Wild1 chubby 8" drag bars so I am trying to move the "idiot" lights from the stock "bar clamp/indicator light/speedo mount" to the dash on a FXD. The speedo will be mounted in a drag specialties DS-373864 single gauge mount but that leaves the "idiot" lights hanging out with no place to live. If the integrated idiot light block (5 surface mount LED's on a circuit board) can be replaced with 5 "normal" 12V LED's then I can figure a way to mount them on the dash between the tank fill and fuel gauge similar to what JRK5892 has done. So far it sounds like it is possible so I might just have to give it a try. More ideas and or confirmations would be appreciated....
Thanks everyone!
Your idiot lamp issue on superglide is common. Change bars and then - what to do with the idiots? I could never find an adequate aftermarket solution, the stock SG dash is tight to the tank, not as much room as a LR dash, but it can be done.
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OK, so if the idiot light source wires are putting out 12 volts then I can cut off the stock indicator light assembly (shown below), install low profile LED assemblies (specified to operate from 12V source) in my dash, and correctly wiring it up in a neat and professional manner. Not a problem.
Thank you very much for all your help!
Thank you very much for all your help!
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