Turn signal/speedo issue

joesnuffy · Sep 29th, 2007, 05:50 PM

Got a gremlin I was wondering if someone could help with. I have a 1999 FXSTC softtail and all of a sudden the speedo and turn signals started acting up. I first noticed the speedo quit, then when I hit either turn signal they would get bright but not blink. Then one night on my way to work I noticed the headlight got a little dimmer and everything started working just fine. A buddy had told me to check all the connections under the tanks and hit them with contact cleaner, which I did with no improvement. Just started working on it's own.
Last weekend I washed it and the gremlins are back. Don't know if that is the issue or not, but it is irritating as hell. I was told it was the turn signal module but before I dump upwards of $150.00 on a new one I thought I would see if someone may have any ideas. When the speedo quits, it quits. No display, no mileage count-off, no nothing. The needle stays at whatever speed I was going when it decided to quit.

glider · Sep 29th, 2007, 06:10 PM

You could start here. It's all in the self help forum

Welcome to the forum also.

http://www.hdtalking.com/electrical_..._symptoms.html

joesnuffy · Sep 30th, 2007, 12:01 PM

Thanks, Glider, Good to be here.

glider · Sep 30th, 2007, 04:45 PM

Let us know how you make out.

joesnuffy · Oct 1st, 2007, 07:45 PM

Well, I found out the rear tire rubbed all three wires to my taillight in two. Fixed that and thought I had figured it out. Went for a ride and got a mile up the road and it crapped out again. About twenty miles later it came back and (knock on wood) hasn't quit. I thought those little bells were supposed to get rid of the gremlins...

glider · Oct 1st, 2007, 07:59 PM

That's a rather common problem but more so in the softails. Glad you found it.

joesnuffy · Oct 4th, 2007, 01:49 PM

I had a feeling that was too simple of an explanation. Coming and going again. I noticed that when I'm slowing down, such as for a stop sign, it comes back on and then in the neighborhood of 30 mph it craps out again. Then, maybe it will work and maybe not.

glider · Oct 5th, 2007, 08:48 AM

Have you done anything with the speed sensor on the trans?

joesnuffy · Oct 5th, 2007, 02:34 PM

Not yet. Just got a Clymer manual in the mail today and I'm wrenchin this weekend!!

joesnuffy · Oct 11th, 2007, 09:38 AM

I'm about to go to the dealer with this thing. I took the sensor out and cleaned off the filings. No good. Took out all the bulbs and cleaned the contacts and checked the wires. Zip. Checked and cleaned the module. Zilch. Any more clues before I have to sell my children into slavery to pay the thieves at the dealer?

Sep 29th, 2007, 05:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Turn signal/speedo issue Got a gremlin I was wondering if someone could help with. I have a 1999 FXSTC softtail and all of a sudden the speedo and turn signals started acting up. I first noticed the speedo quit, then when I hit either turn signal they would get bright but not blink. Then one night on my way to work I noticed the headlight got a little dimmer and everything started working just fine. A buddy had told me to check all the connections under the tanks and hit them with contact cleaner, which I did with no improvement. Just started working on it's own. Last weekend I washed it and the gremlins are back. Don't know if that is the issue or not, but it is irritating as hell. I was told it was the turn signal module but before I dump upwards of $150.00 on a new one I thought I would see if someone may have any ideas. When the speedo quits, it quits. No display, no mileage count-off, no nothing. The needle stays at whatever speed I was going when it decided to quit.

Sep 29th, 2007, 06:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
glider Community Liaison Ride: 07 Road King Classic Join Date: Jun 21st, 2007 Posts: 11,626 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue You could start here. It's all in the self help forum Welcome to the forum also. http://www.hdtalking.com/electrical_..._symptoms.html __________________ Psssst! Please stop by the "self help section" for maintenance tips, diagnostic codes and much more. click me!>>Self Help Information and Tips<< click me! Last edited by glider : Sep 29th, 2007 at 06:29 PM.

Sep 30th, 2007, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue Thanks, Glider, Good to be here.

Sep 30th, 2007, 04:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
glider Community Liaison Ride: 07 Road King Classic Join Date: Jun 21st, 2007 Posts: 11,626 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue Let us know how you make out. __________________ Psssst! Please stop by the "self help section" for maintenance tips, diagnostic codes and much more. click me!>>Self Help Information and Tips<< click me!

Oct 1st, 2007, 07:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue Well, I found out the rear tire rubbed all three wires to my taillight in two. Fixed that and thought I had figured it out. Went for a ride and got a mile up the road and it crapped out again. About twenty miles later it came back and (knock on wood) hasn't quit. I thought those little bells were supposed to get rid of the gremlins...

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Oct 1st, 2007, 07:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
glider Community Liaison Ride: 07 Road King Classic Join Date: Jun 21st, 2007 Posts: 11,626 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue That's a rather common problem but more so in the softails. Glad you found it. __________________ Psssst! Please stop by the "self help section" for maintenance tips, diagnostic codes and much more. click me!>>Self Help Information and Tips<< click me!

Oct 4th, 2007, 01:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue I had a feeling that was too simple of an explanation. Coming and going again. I noticed that when I'm slowing down, such as for a stop sign, it comes back on and then in the neighborhood of 30 mph it craps out again. Then, maybe it will work and maybe not.

Oct 5th, 2007, 08:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
glider Community Liaison Ride: 07 Road King Classic Join Date: Jun 21st, 2007 Posts: 11,626 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue Have you done anything with the speed sensor on the trans? __________________ Psssst! Please stop by the "self help section" for maintenance tips, diagnostic codes and much more. click me!>>Self Help Information and Tips<< click me!

Oct 5th, 2007, 02:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue Not yet. Just got a Clymer manual in the mail today and I'm wrenchin this weekend!!

Oct 11th, 2007, 09:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
joesnuffy Frozen Account Ride: 1999 Softtail FXSTC Join Date: Sep 29th, 2007 Location: Claxton, Georgia Posts: 879 My Mood:	Re: Turn signal/speedo issue I'm about to go to the dealer with this thing. I took the sensor out and cleaned off the filings. No good. Took out all the bulbs and cleaned the contacts and checked the wires. Zip. Checked and cleaned the module. Zilch. Any more clues before I have to sell my children into slavery to pay the thieves at the dealer?

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