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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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I hope posting this on here will help..anyone who replys withany suggestions I would appreciate it...Ok..here's the problem...I have an 88' fxrs...I just noticed that my gas gauge,dash lights,turn signals and indicator lights(except the high beam)have no power..headlight and tailight work..brake light works when the foot brake is applied..using the hand brake alone it does not get power..but when I apply both the foot and hand brake I get power to gas gauge,dash lights, etc.....any suggestions where to start?....I did notice when I was riding with everything working,soon as I applied the front brake I lost power to the components mentioned..but I had the bike sitting in the garage not running...and everything had power...I tried using the hand brake..trying to create the problem..nothing happened..started the bike up..ran it for a few minutes..turned the key back into the second position(I have a three position ignition switch) still running w/o the headlights..lost the power to the dash lights,gas gauge,etc.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2007 | 03:02 AM
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Check forbad ground wire....seems the brake switch ground is trying to work .
 
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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[sm=violent053.gif]Well...good news..I found the problem...it appeared to be the 12v flasher...when I took the head light out of the headlight bucket everything popped back on...make a long story short...the rectangle flasher from the HD dealer..that fits in that clip inside the headlight bucket....the flasher was loose insideits own housing..being clipped in the housingand there isn't alot of room in there..Isuspect the flasher was shorting out inside its own housing...took the flasher out and checked all the other wires and no problem..put in a new flasher..no problem so far.
 
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