Dakota Digital MCL-30K-SPD manual

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    1 MAN#650334:A MCL-30K-SPD Thank y ou for purchas ing the Dakota Digital MCL-30K-SPD gauge for y our Harley Dav idson Touring bik e. This is designed to be a replacement f or all touring models from 1996 – 2003. This is part of a six gauge pack age for touring models s o y ou can add additional g auges as you choose. INSTALLA TION First read and [...]

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    2 MAN#650334:A ROAD GLIDE FLTR You w ill need to remove the speedom eter and tachometer ins trument bezel. To do this, rem ove two small screws on the left and right side of the bezel. Then lift up on the back of the bezel and slid e the tab that is under the ignition swi tch out from under the switch cover, see photos below of ignition switch cove[...]

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    3 MAN#650334:A WIRING First locate your speedometer connector s in the factory wi ring harness that were unplugged from the original speed gauge. The wires needed for the Dak ota Digital speedometer should all be found here. T he factory connector can be cut off or the new wi res can be spliced into the harness. N ot all w ires m ay be present on a[...]

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    4 MAN#650334:A FUNCT ION SWIT CH The push button f unction switch mounted beside the speedom eter allows access to all of the m ileage and perform ance inform ation. Pressing and releasing the function switch toggles through the diff erent display s. Pressing and holding the swi tch for about 2 sec onds will reset the current display . The display [...]

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    5 MAN#650334:A SPEEDOMET ER SETUP Main Menu Sub Menu Description SPD Avto s elect speed unit and auto calibrate speed AdJvSt select speed unit and adjust calibrate speed S SEt miles to service setting PErF enable/disable perfor mance r eadings -odoMK one-time odom eter preset (only shown while odometer has less than 100 m iles) Until the speedomete[...]

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    6 MAN#650334:A (Speedometer Setup Continued ) S SET S SET S SET S SET Miles to Next Service setup The ser vice mileage is a countdown mile m eter. The service m ile display c an be disabled or can be set to count down from 500 – 7500 miles. If the s ervice mileage is enabled and it gets to 0 miles, it will di splay “ S -DvE ” eac h time the k[...]

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    7 MAN#650334:A Speed sensor voltage checks. Al l checks should be made with the sensor connected t o the gauge and the key on. Checks should be done with a voltmeter and not a t est light. Check s for the 3-wire sensor should be made between each individual wire and ground. 3-wire sensor: Red wire should have 9-11 volts dc, slightly less than batte[...]