Hello All - First, the thanks. The forum has the answers when you need them and I want to thank all those who have posted helpful technical knowledge in the past which help me solve my problem.
Second, I wanted to pass along some maybe "new" knowledge for others to follow.
I had my Check Engine light come on and shut the bike down right away as not to do any damage. Started it up again and the light was out. Drove home and started digging on the NT-Owners. They I learned that I should not have shut it down, but rather shifted into Neutral and put the kickstand down and counted the blinks of the warning light which then alerts one to the problem. Yep, it was the Intake Air Temperature Sensor and just to be sure I did what others advised and shot a video with my phone. I called the dealer and while they are excellent, when I most often bring the bike in for repair, they need to keep it and order the parts. Not a negative against the dealer, but the bike is after all 10 years old now and I don't expect them to stock all parts that long. My appointment was 3 days off, so I thought this might be a learning opportunity, so I read the shop manual (THANK YOU PHIL TARMAN) and found out where the sensor was and it didn't look to difficult to replace. Then I went to a parts website and found the part was $29. I copied the part number and low and behold, the same IAT sensor for the NT is used for a bunch of Honda automobiles and was listed on Amazon. (1998 -1993 Honda Accord, 1990 - 1993 Honda Integra, etc.) $10 - $13 and change! Called my local AutoZone, and they had it in stock a mile away for $29? I went down and showed them the Amazon prices that included free shipping and they match it. Walked out the door for $13.77. Replaced the sensor and all was good until I got home and did my "K" turn to back the bike into the garage - Warning light again -ugh! Took everything apart again and found that when I make a turn with the bars locked to the left, it pulled the wiring harness just the slightest and had fatigued the wire about 1/2" from the female terminal end. Yep, they don't sell those at either AutoZone or the online parts company - just the segment of the entire wiring harness which was more than I wanted to get into. Cut the plug and then soldered a new set of "pigtails" and re-soldered it all back together. The big challenge is getting that plug apart if you think you are going to replace the terminal connections inside the plastic plug - near impossible to get apart without damage. Got it all back together, cancelled the appointment with the dealer, but asked if I were to stop by, could they hook up their code reader and clear the codes. No problem. Drove down, no problem and when the service advisor drove the bike around the back of the shop it came on again. My diagnostic was correct, but in opening the small female terminal, a tiny piece of plastic that pushes the terminal pin onto the male end of the IAT was still loose. He grabbed a pliers, squeezed it and all is now 100%. But, to be safe, online I finally found for $6 a new female terminal with pigtails. I guess if you wanted to go to a junk yard you could get one off one of the old Honda automobiles. Since the repair over a week ago, we're back in business.
Here's some pictures if it helps anyone in the future.
Second, I wanted to pass along some maybe "new" knowledge for others to follow.
I had my Check Engine light come on and shut the bike down right away as not to do any damage. Started it up again and the light was out. Drove home and started digging on the NT-Owners. They I learned that I should not have shut it down, but rather shifted into Neutral and put the kickstand down and counted the blinks of the warning light which then alerts one to the problem. Yep, it was the Intake Air Temperature Sensor and just to be sure I did what others advised and shot a video with my phone. I called the dealer and while they are excellent, when I most often bring the bike in for repair, they need to keep it and order the parts. Not a negative against the dealer, but the bike is after all 10 years old now and I don't expect them to stock all parts that long. My appointment was 3 days off, so I thought this might be a learning opportunity, so I read the shop manual (THANK YOU PHIL TARMAN) and found out where the sensor was and it didn't look to difficult to replace. Then I went to a parts website and found the part was $29. I copied the part number and low and behold, the same IAT sensor for the NT is used for a bunch of Honda automobiles and was listed on Amazon. (1998 -1993 Honda Accord, 1990 - 1993 Honda Integra, etc.) $10 - $13 and change! Called my local AutoZone, and they had it in stock a mile away for $29? I went down and showed them the Amazon prices that included free shipping and they match it. Walked out the door for $13.77. Replaced the sensor and all was good until I got home and did my "K" turn to back the bike into the garage - Warning light again -ugh! Took everything apart again and found that when I make a turn with the bars locked to the left, it pulled the wiring harness just the slightest and had fatigued the wire about 1/2" from the female terminal end. Yep, they don't sell those at either AutoZone or the online parts company - just the segment of the entire wiring harness which was more than I wanted to get into. Cut the plug and then soldered a new set of "pigtails" and re-soldered it all back together. The big challenge is getting that plug apart if you think you are going to replace the terminal connections inside the plastic plug - near impossible to get apart without damage. Got it all back together, cancelled the appointment with the dealer, but asked if I were to stop by, could they hook up their code reader and clear the codes. No problem. Drove down, no problem and when the service advisor drove the bike around the back of the shop it came on again. My diagnostic was correct, but in opening the small female terminal, a tiny piece of plastic that pushes the terminal pin onto the male end of the IAT was still loose. He grabbed a pliers, squeezed it and all is now 100%. But, to be safe, online I finally found for $6 a new female terminal with pigtails. I guess if you wanted to go to a junk yard you could get one off one of the old Honda automobiles. Since the repair over a week ago, we're back in business.
Here's some pictures if it helps anyone in the future.
