85 XJ700 Maxim instrument lighting

3 dash lights out, upper right working. replaced upper left, two work. replaced lower left, 3 work. replaced lower right, NONE work dang! fuses all good, all other lights signals brake neutral headlight (dunno about fuel warning) work fine. did I fry a tiny hidden fuse? owner's manual only, sorry. no I didn't pinch any wires (yet); either fried a fuse or could have established a short with that 2nd bulb but no noticeable heat. Is there an online wire diagram for this bike? TIA

 

The light blue wire is the power wire going into your dash lamps. This wire should have power coming from your dimmer switch. There is also a power interupt coming from the starter button. Again the light blue wire should have power while the starter button is NOT push and should loose power as the button IS pushed. This feeds the dimmer switch. the black wire should be your ground out of the circuit at the lamps. The lamps are hooked in parrallel so if one has power, they should all have power. Might want to start at the starter button and ensure you have 12v at the light blue wire to the dimmer switch and then the light blue wire coming out of the dimmer switch should be 12v.If you have no lights, you have a short somewhere in the two. double check your ground also.

 

the connector in the headlight bucket was loose; this is almost coincidental. removing the right cluster from the frame seems to have jiggled the connector into disconnect. I cleaned and tightened the connector and now have a christmas tree. Thanks for your assist!

 

Sorry it wasn't more difficult...