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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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OK, I know there are some smart guys out there for this little mystery. I have an 05 FLHT-pi. Drove down the street today and hit a bump at the tracks. Instruments go out, no brake lights, no turn signals, no radio and no horn. When I shut it off and restart it the 4 ways flash 6 times (On the dash only). Any Ideas would be appreciated!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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Sounds like a loose ground or something. As far as the 4 ways flashing that means you have a code that is/has been thrown through the TSSM. Check the codes through the speedo and see what you got for a code.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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Thanks but I have no power to the speedo either. It is just blank
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Have you check your fuses?
 
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Definitely sounds like a loose ground wire.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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checked fuses, fine-lookin for anything out of wack as far as the grounds go and everything looks fine (Or as fine as an ex-cop bike looks) Ill spend more time in the daylight looking
 
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Take a multimeter, set it ta read vdc, and test for voltage between the ground terminal on the battery an' the frame itself (make sure it's bare metal). If ya show voltage over 'bout 2-3 volts, ya got a ground problem. Make sure that the red ("hot" or "positive") lead is on the frame, an' the black is on the ground terminal (if you have a bad ground, the frame is now "hot", since it's trying to find a way to shunt the power back to battery ground).
 
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Texas redneck it sounds lie you might have been down that road b-4
 
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Not w/a bike (so far), but as an ol' country boy that's driven stuff that most of ya'll wouldn't bother with takin' to the junk yard, ah've had mah share of "challenges" when it comes ta keepin' vehicles runnin'!<G>
 
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Yup sounds like a ground problem. I had something close to this with the lights and it ended up being a ground.......
 
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