Help wiring an Acewell gauge please

[mds2004]

My XS has not had any gauges since I have owned it so I purchased an Acewell 2853 to install. I do have a few questions because I have never wired one up before.

1) What should I hook up the gauge to get the proper fuel reading?
2) What should I hook the blinkers to?
3) What should I hook the high beam indicator to?
4) What should I hook the neutral light to?
5) Any idea what I should hook up the warning/hazard light to?

Also if anyone has the sensor that connects to the oil pressure sender for sale please let me know!

Thank you much.

[DGXSER]

If your looking for the oil pressure switch that sits in the top of the crankcase behind the cylinders, I have that.

[natemoen]

It sounds like you need to get familiar with the wrong diagram in the back of the clymer manual.

[CatatonicBug]

It sounds like you need to get familiar with the wrong diagram in the back of the clymer manual.

Or the correct one...

[natemoen]

Or the correct one...

It seems that you are always the one to find my spelling/auto correct errors

[CatatonicBug]

It seems that you are always the one to find my spelling/auto correct errors

Well, the fact that the auto-correct inserts words that "technically" make sense tends to grab my attention.

[crazy steve]

My XS has not had any gauges since I have owned it so I purchased an Acewell 2853 to install. I do have a few questions because I have never wired one up before.

1) What should I hook up the gauge to get the proper fuel reading?
2) What should I hook the blinkers to?
3) What should I hook the high beam indicator to?
4) What should I hook the neutral light to?
5) Any idea what I should hook up the warning/hazard light to?

Well, a few general thoughts to start...

The wiring harnesses were pretty much all the same for all XSs, with variations between the standard and special. Some wires used on the standards are present on the specials, just connected not quite the same. There does appear to be some weirdness in the wiring diagrams depending on the year (particularly on the neutral switch, which seems to be tied to both the oil light and the ignition system on the early models?) so some careful checking would seem to be in order. Remember that LEDs are polarity sensitive.

The blinkers and high beam indicator should get a 12v+ signal from their respective circuits, as should the hazard warning light, with the other 'side' going to ground. Look in the headlight bucket for a yellow wire (high beam), chocolate (left turn) and light green (right turn). But the hazard wasn't installed on all XS models, so you may not have any place to hook that. It helps to post what year/model you have...

The neutral light should have 12v+ connected to it, with the ground side going to the switch. You should make the same sort of connection for the fuel light, but whether or not the sending unit will give you the correct value to allow the light to come on you'll have to check.

[mds2004]

It sounds like you need to get familiar with the wrong diagram in the back of the clymer manual.

I just picked up a Clymer's manual and looked over the diagrams, but I was not sure where I hook up the wires to.

Well, a few general thoughts to start...

The wiring harnesses were pretty much all the same for all XSs, with variations between the standard and special. Some wires used on the standards are present on the specials, just connected not quite the same. There does appear to be some weirdness in the wiring diagrams depending on the year (particularly on the neutral switch, which seems to be tied to both the oil light and the ignition system on the early models?) so some careful checking would seem to be in order. Remember that LEDs are polarity sensitive.

The blinkers and high beam indicator should get a 12v+ signal from their respective circuits, as should the hazard warning light, with the other 'side' going to ground. Look in the headlight bucket for a yellow wire (high beam), chocolate (left turn) and light green (right turn). But the hazard wasn't installed on all XS models, so you may not have any place to hook that. It helps to post what year/model you have...

The neutral light should have 12v+ connected to it, with the ground side going to the switch. You should make the same sort of connection for the fuel light, but whether or not the sending unit will give you the correct value to allow the light to come on you'll have to check.

Thank you much. And my apologies for not listing what I have. It is a 1979 XS1100 Standard.

[crazy steve]

....what I have. It is a 1979 XS1100 Standard.

If that's the case, you won't be able to hook the hazard light to anything as this year has no hazards. You'll probably be out of luck on the fuel light too, as the sender ohms get bigger as the fuel level drops; the light will probably come on when full, then go off as the level drops.

As to the neutral and oil lights, I'd personally trace those circuits to see just how the wiring is connected. You may want to run new wires to these. The diagram doesn't look right...

[lee_dutcher]

Acewell 2853= nice multi gauges looks cool! take pics after install

[Guy_b_g]

Steve,

Most Acewell gauges have a variable resistance setup for the fuel gauge sensor input. The display is a variable bar graph type. You should be able to match it up pretty well to the resistance of the sender. If the sender resistance is going backwards compared to the gauge then you will start with a bar graph showing an empty tank, and getting fuller as it empties...easy enough to get used to.

[crazy steve]

Yeah, I tried to look at the gauge manual to see just what could be done, but it wouldn't download... it seems Windows7 and Adobe7 don't like each other and it's been hit-and-miss for opening stuff...

[mds2004]

I received the gauge in the mail last night and started to look around on the bike. Hidden in the headlight bucket I found these three wire connectors:


Here they are separately:
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2)
3)

Looks like it may easier than expected after figuring out which wire is which. Anyone know off top of their head? Im about to dig deep into my Clymer's manual but any insight known from top of your heads would be appreciated. Thanks.

[mds2004]

doh, mispost. Il correct it soon.

[mds2004]

Guess I cannot edit my previous posts. Here are two pictures of the diagram, with one being a closeup of the headlight assembly. Sorry for the quality as they were taken with my phone.

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0464.jpg
http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0465.jpg