Dakota Digital MCL-3K-T-R, MCL-3K-T User Manual

POWER

GROUND

SENDER

Original plug on bike

Original plug with jumper wires for

+12V power

RED wire

Ground

+12V power

Ground

SWITCH/DIM

MCL-3K-T and MCL-3K-T-R

Outside Air Temp

MCL-3000/3006 Instrument Packages

This gauge can replace any ONE of the original four small gauges in the Dakota Digital MCL-3000 and MCL-3006
products. Only one auxiliary gauge: Boost, Air temp, or Air pressure can be used at a time or the setup menus

will not function properly as the auxiliary gauge is number

Remove the desired gauge where you will be installing the AIR TEMP gauge. The gauge will mount just as the
previous gauge, using the original hold down clamp with the supplied thumb nuts.

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in setup.

PLUG

Wiring the gauge will be slightly different than before as the bike doesn’t have provisions for the new sensor.
Use the supplied sensor and wiring to make a jumper harness from the original plug to the new AIR TEMP gauge.
*DO NOT connect the factory connector direct to the gauge, use supplied wiring.

Connect the power and ground male spade terminal end into the original plug as shown.

• The Red +12V keyed power connects to the Orange wire in the original plug.

The power wire for the gauge is the short single Red wire that has a male spade on one end and female
spade at the other.

• The Black ground wire connects to the Black wire in the original plug.

• The third terminal in the original plug is not used, that is the factory sender signal.

BLACK wire

power and ground connected

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Next attach the power, ground, and sender wires at the gauge using the insulated female spade ends of the

Factory

+12V power

Ground

Temp sensor

Temp sensor

Dim and

wires. Please note that the sensor has a red and black wire running into a black cable, this red sensor wire is the
sensor signal, do not confuse this with the power wire. The power wire for the gauge is the short, single Red
wire that has a male spade on one end and female spade at the other.
The ground wire at the gauge has two wires coming out of it, one for gauge ground and the other for sensor
ground.

The small, white, two-pin connector on the gauge is the common switch and dim line(green and blue wires)
shared with all gauges in the set. This is used to enter setup and allow the gauges to dim together as a set. You
have two options to install this:

1.) If you are replacing a gauge in the set

Plug the small, white, two-pin connector into the air temp gauge just as it was on the other gauge you
removed. The additional supplied switch/dim harness will not be used.

2.) If you are adding this gauge to the set rather than replacing one (you will have a total of 5 small Dakota

Digital gauges on the bike) you will have to wire in the supplied switch/dim harness. The green wire is
for switch and the blue wire is for dim. These wires will need to be spliced into the other Dakota Digital
switch and dim wires. Locate any of the other blue and green wires going to the other gauges in the set,
cut and splice in the new harness; green to green, blue to blue.

Switch

(PWR)

Signal (SND)

(GND)

gauge plug

Ground (GND)

To complete the installation, run the sensor cable/wire down and out the bottom of the fairing, securing it as
needed with the supplied zip ties. It is best to mount the sensor so it will get some air flow, securing it to a
brake line or bracket just out the bottom of the fairing works well.

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