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Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:31 pm
by davlr
I'm always asking for help on this forum it seems. It's what happens when you buy a dog of a bike.
Anyway. Have a bit of a prob with the electrics. As I mentioned my bike is an abused dog, plenty of chopped wires everywhere. Now to solve my prolems of no spark I have replaced the reg/rectifier and the whole damn loom. now comparing the two looms I have noticed one or two things. (1) a lot of chopped wires around the icu at the back (2) one that is really confusing me, the lack of a red one on the left hand side of the engine. It just isn't there on the old loom.
Looking for the following answers, is there some reason for the wire mod at the back and what does it do. Also where does the red wire go?
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:21 pm
by domski1
I would maybe try and get some pictures up of the loom and the wires you are talking about , it may help people to identify the wires and help you
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:58 pm
by davlr
See the problem is that I am a lowly college student. When the bike broke down it did so at home 100miles away so it is a little unaccessable till the weekend when I go back. As I say, it is on the left hand side of the engine, the only red capped round female teminal on it's own
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:51 pm
by porndoguk
davlr wrote:See the problem is that I am a lowly college student. When the bike broke down it did so at home 100miles away so it is a little unaccessable till the weekend when I go back. As I say, it is on the left hand side of the engine, the only red capped round female teminal on it's own
Red will be to do with the ignition switch
Red or Red with Black Stripe i believe
Red with white stripe is from Reg/Rec to the main fuse
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:08 pm
by davlr
Ta for that, red and ignition switch are down the lines of my thinking ( I had a thought that it might have something to do with either the ignition or just a ground point(in the overall context that is)). I just can't fimd the terminal where the red female plug should fit into.
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:07 am
by Cammo
davlr wrote:I just can't fimd the terminal where the red female plug should fit into.
No standard red wires are fitted with a female spade plug, a previous owner must have modified it.
Get some pictures up over the weekend of it and it will be simple to sort.
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:41 am
by CMSMJ1
Probably a bodged alarm fitment?
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:18 pm
by davlr
don't think it's anything quite like that. it seems like the wire should be there. By that I mean it doesn't look as if the loom has been tampered with in any way. The plug doesn't appear to have been sourced from any of the other connections.
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:21 pm
by porndoguk
davlr wrote:don't think it's anything quite like that. it seems like the wire should be there. By that I mean it doesn't look as if the loom has been tampered with in any way. The plug doesn't appear to have been sourced from any of the other connections.
PICS/PHOTOS HELP ALLOT BUDDY
Edit:
this isnt shouting i have to use CAPS to do some work documents for the system to recognise stuff,
sometimes i forget to turn it off and half way through i cannot be arsed to retype!
Rick
Re: Electrical probs. what does this wire do
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:08 pm
by ludacris
settle down Rick! lol...photos weekend maybe when access possible