One of them (Mitchell) creates their own wiring diagrams in a format that allows the user to custom tailor and highlight just the colored circuits he needs to address, and provides proprietory blow-by-blow procedures for most repairs, like Haynes. The other (AllData) uses factory schematics and data straight from the OEMs, with diagrams broken down into sub-systems and sub-sub-systems for really slick pinpoint testing. Both incorporate comprehensive parts and labor guides with integrated OE and after-market parts listings, with warranty times, TSBs, recall information, technical resources, etc.
I am surprised nothing like this exists for motorcycles, and am betting there's something out there, even if it's just Harley stuff to start with.Ī similar program would make your job SO much easier Alan, and your actual diagnostic times would eventually be cut by over 75%. It took me almost 40 minutes to diagnose Matt's faulty F3 tachometer last week, and he already had all the plastics off and circuits exposed for easy access. Of that time, 30 minutes was spent tracing circuits on that horrid factory schematic from a PDF file. (Good thing Matt's young eyesight was available to me!) If I had circuit descriptions and sub-diagrams like the automotive database programs provide, it'd been done in about 12 minutes flat.
