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Message started by easywriter on 10/03/09 at 09:56:59

Title: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not working
Post by easywriter on 10/03/09 at 09:56:59

The neutral light on my 2003 Savage only come on when the bike was in neutral and the clutch was depressed.

This made it hard for me to warm the bike up because I usually start the bike and leave it in neutral with the kickstand down while I get my gear on.

Now the neutral light isn't coming on! What's wrong? How do I fix it? Thanks!

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by verslagen1 on 10/03/09 at 10:18:54

Had a similar problem with my turn signal turned out that I had pinched 2 wires together when I put on the tank

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by easywriter on 10/03/09 at 11:03:58

273423223D3036343F60510 wrote:

Had a similar problem with my turn signal turned out that I had pinched 2 wires together when I put on the tank

The neutral light did not totally go out until I filled up the tank! Before that, I only used a gallon. (I only had the bike a month, and I'm slowly restoring it). I suppose the extra weight of the gas could have caused something to pinch.

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/03/09 at 13:50:42

If thats true, then wiggling the tank may expose the problem. Look at the connector under the tank. If its not seated, stuff gets weird just before it stops running.

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by easywriter on 10/03/09 at 15:40:18

Quote:

stuff gets weird just before it stops running.

Yeah, I was thinking the kickstand shut-off sensor was related to this problem. But "stuff gets weird," makes me understand the situation better. I don't see anything loose under the tank, but I'm thinking about pulling it off. (Might as well change the spark plug while I'm there).

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/03/09 at 15:51:11

It'd be a great time to do the head cover "door" mod. No need to ever pull the tank to get to the plug again.

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by ATLjan on 10/03/09 at 16:21:58

I had a similar problem after my wiring harness got pinched by the bracket after I did the seat lift mod. Good luck.

Title: Re: Neutral Light was weird but now it's not worki
Post by T Mack 1 - FSO on 10/03/09 at 17:44:04

Intermittant problems are usually a loose connector or a wire that has seem better days.

Since your's is a 2003, I would lean torwards a loose connector somewhere. If the light is going out and the bike shutting down, most likely it's in the neutral circuit. The way the circuit works, when in neutral, two brass connectors in the tranny line up and make an electrical "ground" to the tranny metal, and a "complete circuit" (remember your school science classes??). But, if the connector is loose or comes a part, you do not get the "complete circuit". A burned out light buld shouldn't shut down the bike since it's on the other side of the sidestand diode thingy.

You will need to pull off the seat and the tank. Then you should see a single blue wire along the frame backbone. There should also be a connector there. Look there first. Then trace the wire down the frame to see if it's pinched or cut somewhere. It ends up down on the case by the oil level site glass.

Good Luck.