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Jun 19, 2012 | 07:14 AM

Bartman1959

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From: Central Coast

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Just found this forum, looking for good info, live on the California Central Coast, so here I am...
I have a 2005 Heritage Classic that I've owned since new, and just picked up a 2002 Road King Classic on Saturday that I'm having issues with... I know the first answer to every mechanical question is "RTFB" or "RTFM", which I will as soon as the parts counter opens...
Here's my issues thus far; riding from Phoenix to the Central Coast on Saturday, 80 miles before LA, the Road King started running on one cylinder, and not very well... Pulled the plugs (which I installed in Phoenix just before leaving), and the front one was white, and the back one was a nice tan... I put the old plugs back in, it fired up and ran great, until the plugs got warmed up, then the same one cylinder crap again. The check engine light comes on, but when I try the standard process for retrieving codes, it doesn't work. The speedo doesn't do the big sweep, and the codes don't come up.
My fuel guage & guage light don't work, so I pulled the dash to see what's up. On the 4 pin connector, only one wire is connected, and there are only 3 wires in that part of the harness... No wiring diagram yet, so I'm at a loss here...
On the trip, the cruise control didn't work even before the engine troubles.

Any help on any or all of my issues would be much appreciated...

Bartman

Jun 19, 2012 | 08:13 AM

NDBadlands4-2

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Sounds like you have done all that I could think of. One bit of information that may help diagnose the issues is, does the Road King have a carb or fuel injection?