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[LRebel]

As I was moving my tour pack (2006 FLHTCUSE) to install the tour pack relocation kit I noticed the light in the tour pack. Can someone tell me how to turn it on? I can't tell if it is out or not (I bought the bike with 5000 miles on it about a month ago and the radio didn't work....the dealer found that someone had put the wrong fuse in for the radio so I'm thinking maybe there is a fuse out).

From the "wealth" of data contained in the owners manual, the shop book for the bike and the SE supplement, the only thing I can determine is that it comes as a single LED unit and has to be replaced (no bulbs).

My life is complete otherwise......in other words, I've been riding a lot and really love the bike. It's just that I am curious as to how this works.

If your tour pak light is like mine, I carry a small flash light to find how to turn the light on in the dark

The light in the tour pak of my 02 Ultra had a mercury switch (open and the light comes on - close and the light goes off).  And, it gave off a LOT more light!  Hmmm... I wonder if I could switch to that type of light.

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If your tour pak light is like mine, I carry a small flash light to find how to turn the light on in the dark

The light in the tour pak of my 02 Ultra had a mercury switch (open and the light comes on - close and the light goes off).  And, it gave off a LOT more light!  Hmmm... I wonder if I could switch to that type of light.

LRebel,

The same T-P light came on the '05 SEEG, and many of us had dead batteries thanks to the defective switches in those lights.  That's why H-D changed to the LED version in mid '05 and later production and offered the LED version "upgrade" as a warranty repair.  The original light was brighter and handier since it came on automatically.  I would have preferred the MoCo just fix the cheap switch issue (it wasn't a true mercury switch, no one uses those anymore due to issues with mercury disposal).  The switch basically had what looked like a small BB rolling back and forth in a tube, and it had a bad tendency to stick.  You can still find a few of these in some dealerships even though H-D discontinued them, if you really want to try your luck.

Jerry