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Old Sep 29, 2022 | 02:48 PM
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Perhaps the forum guys can point me in the right direction. Im ok cranking wrenches but fall short with electrical.
Came home today to find an inoperative odometer on my 2000 carbed Heritage. Everthing else operates except I have no illumination in the odometer window.
Upon further checking I find the odometer is working just not illuminated. Is there a light in the speedometer console that could need replacement.
Thanks for your help where to begin
 

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Originally Posted by Wagondog
Perhaps the forum guys can point me in the right direction. Im ok cranking wrenches but fall short with electrical.
Came home today to find an inoperative odometer on my 2000 carbed Heritage. Everthing else operates except I have no illumination in the odometer window.
Upon further checking I find the odometer is working just not illuminated. Is there a light in the speedometer console that could need replacement.
Thanks for your help where to begin
so everything is working except the light in the odometer window?
 
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Originally Posted by Wagondog
Perhaps the forum guys can point me in the right direction. Im ok cranking wrenches but fall short with electrical.
Came home today to find an inoperative odometer on my 2000 carbed Heritage. Everthing else operates except I have no illumination in the odometer window.
Upon further checking I find the odometer is working just not illuminated. Is there a light in the speedometer console that could need replacement.
Thanks for your help where to begin

If the speedo is working except for the light, I don't believe it is an easy fix...

I went through changing the speedo on my 2001 carbed softail.... as I remember, it is a self-contained, sealed unit.

There is no "bulb/socket" that is an easy customer replacement. I believe the speedo light is integral to the speedo, inside the sealed housing. I suspect it is a bulb on a circuit board....

There are videos showing how to peel back the trim ring and open the speedo. If you have the skills to change/solder a new bulb on a circuit board you can handle the fix.....




 

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so everything is working except the light in the odometer window?
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Originally Posted by hattitude
If the speedo is working except for the light, I don't believe it is not an easy fix...

I went through changing the speedo on my 2001 carbed softail.... as I remember, it is a self-contained, sealed unit.

There is no "bulb/socket" that is an easy customer replacement. I believe the speedo light is integral to the speedo, inside the sealed housing. I suspect it is a bulb on a circuit board....

There are videos showing how to peel back the trim ring and open the speedo. If you have the skills to change/solder a new bulb on a circuit board you can handle the fix.....

Probably a new speedo assembly is in order
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