| Author | Message | ||
     Texastechx1 |
so I was out for a spin on my 02 X1 when the tach went... so the tach needle doesnt move now, the red check engine light doesn't come on and randomly my green neutral light went out too! WTF? any ideas? | ||
| Tdman77 |
Check the connection behind the inst cluster. I had the lights in there go out and when I messed around back there everything started to work. I took all the connectors apart, cleaned the contacts and reconnected them with some dielectric grease. They are working fine now. | ||
| Texastechx1 |
good call, but I just checked those, no corrotion or lose conections... seems like I'm going to have to take the tank off and see where some wires might be rubbing. | ||
| Texastechx1 |
ok so update. everythin in my tach is out! all the lights and the tach is not funtional! I can't find anything where some wires may have rubbed. but the bike runs great, I'm at a loss | ||
| Micromachine |
fuses? | ||
| Oldog |
Ground loose or harness damage the ground line to the tach may effect the lights I can check and report back monday I have hd the dash apart many times should be a ground if the CEL and TACH are out, chech the seating of the ecm connectors too. | ||
| Texastechx1 |
I'll check the ground and ECM connectors tonight and let ya'll know... Thanx guys! | ||
| F_skinner |
Sounds like a harness connector to me. Trace the wires from the affected unit and make sure the harness connector is making a good connection. | ||
| Akbuell |
Having looked at the wiring diagram for my '01 X-1, I'm going with a bad ground. The black wire from the tach goes to a connector, and then to a common ground. So check from the connector to ground. The orange wire in that connector is the volt feed from the instrument fuse, so you may want to confirm a good power supply. The not so good news is that the service manual advises the tach is not repairable, if it has failed. And I really need to see about getting a wiring diagram about 3ft by 5ft, so I can actually see it. Perhaps Court has one lying about! | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
+1 "make sure the harness connector is making a good connection." I'm rebuilding a 2002 X1 right now and even with only 6600 miles on the bike I have found a lot of dirt, dust, and minor corrosion starting at a lot of connectors. Everything on the front end of the bike (headlight, handlebar switches, gauges, ignition, etc) has a connector to the wiring harness. Those connectors are where I found the most dirt and corrosion on mine. The connectors should all be zip tied to the left side of the frame directly above the coil. I suggest cleaning those connectors and applying dielectric grease to keep moisture out. |
