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Winter Project - Reviving a Wounded FJR
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<blockquote data-quote="RossKean" data-source="post: 1099109" data-attributes="member: 19880"><p>The (non AE) gear position indicator switch is a plug with 6 contact surfaces. (one for each gear plus neutral) There is a spring-loaded pin in the transmission that makes contact with each of these contact surfaces to tell the bike what gear you are in. I do not know how this works for the AE but for the A, this is how the computer "knows" you are in neutral.</p><p></p><p>1) Your gear indicator on the dash is unlikely to indicate the correct gear (at least not for neutral and 1st)</p><p></p><p>2) Your neutral light will not be on when the bike is in neutral</p><p></p><p>3) you won't be able to start the bike in neutral because the ECU thinks it is in gear</p><p></p><p>4) You WILL be able to start the bike in gear without the clutch pulled (BAD)</p><p></p><p>Since the gear indicator switch works by successively grounding the contact pads, you could probably simply rewire the connector plugs and reverse the N and 1st.</p><p></p><p>This, of course, assumes that the gear indicator mechanism on the AE is remotely similar to the A. If it isn't, you may have a problem.</p><p></p><p>Maybe you can sell the engine for close to what you paid for it and find a "dead" engine somewhere that has an intact transmission (shouldn't cost much).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RossKean, post: 1099109, member: 19880"] The (non AE) gear position indicator switch is a plug with 6 contact surfaces. (one for each gear plus neutral) There is a spring-loaded pin in the transmission that makes contact with each of these contact surfaces to tell the bike what gear you are in. I do not know how this works for the AE but for the A, this is how the computer "knows" you are in neutral. 1) Your gear indicator on the dash is unlikely to indicate the correct gear (at least not for neutral and 1st) 2) Your neutral light will not be on when the bike is in neutral 3) you won't be able to start the bike in neutral because the ECU thinks it is in gear 4) You WILL be able to start the bike in gear without the clutch pulled (BAD) Since the gear indicator switch works by successively grounding the contact pads, you could probably simply rewire the connector plugs and reverse the N and 1st. This, of course, assumes that the gear indicator mechanism on the AE is remotely similar to the A. If it isn't, you may have a problem. Maybe you can sell the engine for close to what you paid for it and find a "dead" engine somewhere that has an intact transmission (shouldn't cost much). [/QUOTE]
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