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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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recently purchased a pre-owned 2009 HD Soft Tail Fat Boy and was looking it over really good after having it a few days. when looking at the bottom, near the shocks, i saw a single black bare ended wire that appearantly had been pulled off from somewhere. i removed the seat to see if i could figure out where it came from, but no luck.

the wire appears to be coming from a sensor on the top rear of the tranny. anyone know what this sensor is for or where this wire may go?
thanks in advance for the help
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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Does it have a powercommander or some other tuner installed with after market pipes? If so, it could be the rear 02 sensor connection thats not being used anymore. Other than that guess, I don't have a clue.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by stroker101
recently purchased a pre-owned 2009 HD Soft Tail Fat Boy and was looking it over really good after having it a few days. when looking at the bottom, near the shocks, i saw a single black bare ended wire that appearantly had been pulled off from somewhere. i removed the seat to see if i could figure out where it came from, but no luck.

the wire appears to be coming from a sensor on the top rear of the tranny. anyone know what this sensor is for or where this wire may go?
thanks in advance for the help
Does your neutral light work?
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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"Does your neutral light work?"

yes thx, everything electrical (N,6th gear,turn,headlights,alarm,flashers,etc) seems to be functioning. but what i don't know is if this wire actually controls something important.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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Tranny Sensor? Just stay away from the chicks with an adam's apple and big hands/feet. Or just ask to see the goods before you take her home - tragedy avoided.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by CJinNH
Tranny Sensor? Just stay away from the chicks with an adam's apple and big hands/feet. Or just ask to see the goods before you take her home - tragedy avoided.
Damn, I was really hoping to beat everyone to this one....lol
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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lets joke on ur post when ur looking for help
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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I would think (tranny's aside) that it is the antenna for the alarm. I was way to late to the game for this tranny joke.

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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by stroker101
lets joke on ur post when ur looking for help
LOL, check my post history, many jokes made at my inability to type- and inability to edit post titles while looking for a question to be answered.


You tee 'em up like that, and someone is going to take a whack at it.

Sorry to ruin your thread. (please insert sarcastic tone in prior sentence)
 
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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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If you can't take a joke, you are in the wrong place! Thin skin has a hard time here.
 
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