Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear


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ezridermn
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Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear

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I just completed a complete restoration of my Prolink. It looks good and seems to be running well. However, I am in the process of chasing down one problem. The green neutral gear light won't go out when I put the bike in gear. Needless to say I would like fix that issue. I pulled the engine as part of the project but I did not do any engine/transmission work. I did take off some engine covers to have them refinished but that is as far as I went.

I would appreciate any advice you might have as to how to go about getting the source of this problem identified. Thanks.
1982 Honda CBX

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Re: Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear

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Likely the diode located under the tank plugged directly into the harness. The neutral light circuit is quite complex and needs the diode to channel voltage only one way.

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Re: Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear

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Thanks Dave. Any chance you can give me a part number or where I can find it on the parts schematic or some other way to figure out the part I need?
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Re: Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear

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I am interested in this as well.
Is it part #11 in this '81 schematic?
http://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/a/hon/ ... re-harness

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Yes, Steve, that is the part. On the early models it is located in the headlight shell.

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Re: Neutral light won't go out when placed in gear

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Thanks for the help guys. Hopefully, replacing that part will fix my issue.
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