06 Dyna dangling wire
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06 Dyna dangling wire
I hope you can see this, only my second post with pictures. I left big so you can see more detail.
When I did oil change #1 over the weekend, I noticed this dangling wire. It was wedged between the rear cylinder and the injector body, and was actually starting to melt the protective sleeve - ouch. I looked up, down, all around, and could see no place to plug it into. It has a plastic theaded bolt attatched to it. After some long thought, I have come to the conclusion that the plastic bolt piece must have snapped into the original backing plate (I have the SE plate and cleaner) to keep it out of harms way, and that since the end is "capped" - that its purpose must be for running some kind of diagnostic when needed, or a hook up for accessories I don't have (like a tach)? I routed it around the injector body in front (as opposed to where it was wedged between the injector and cylinder), and then up near the top of the backing plate where I zip tied to a metal collar the intake manifold runs through.
Did I do the right thing here, and can anyone confirm that riding with this wire plugged into nothing is OK?
I have the teclusion mixer on my bike too, not sure if that matters.
1550 kit, cams, SE air cleaner, SE pipes, techlusion mixer - this is my config.
I noticed some gasket cement/yamabond type stuff had oozed out between the intake stack and the backing plate (from when the installed this when I bought the bike), much worse in the spots you can't see in the jpeg. I put a rag in the intake, and gently used a razor to cut off all the excess and make it flush between the two parts. I'm sure it was worth 1/100th of a horsepower.
Also, here's a pic of the old school Harley round cover I used rather than the phootbal stocker. I thought it looked good on the old styled FXDI35.
Thanks.
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RE: 06 Dyna dangling wire
All i can say is i have the old football intake cover and the same wire keeps falling out of a hole in the backing plate.. So, i had come to the same conlusion as you have, about what it is for.
Hope this helps you.
Hope this helps you.
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I had the same dangler, that little threaded like plastic portion did snap into the old plastic backing plate. All I did was zip tie it up and out of the way. What its for..who knows, I dont have a shop manual to look it up. But as long as it doesn't touch anything that will melt it, you good to go.
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RE: 06 Dyna dangling wire
ORIGINAL: johnpiech
I hope you can see this, only my second post with pictures. I left big so you can see more detail.
When I did oil change #1 over the weekend, I noticed this dangling wire.
.................................................. ..........................
I routed it around the injector body in front (as opposed to where it was wedged between the injector and cylinder),
and then up near the top of the backing plate where I zip tied to a metal collar the intake manifold runs through.
Did I do the right thing here, and can anyone confirm that riding with this wire plugged into nothing is OK?
.................................................. ................................
I hope you can see this, only my second post with pictures. I left big so you can see more detail.
When I did oil change #1 over the weekend, I noticed this dangling wire.
.................................................. ..........................
I routed it around the injector body in front (as opposed to where it was wedged between the injector and cylinder),
and then up near the top of the backing plate where I zip tied to a metal collar the intake manifold runs through.
Did I do the right thing here, and can anyone confirm that riding with this wire plugged into nothing is OK?
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I have been told the wire is for emissions on California and/or the export bikes.
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