fuses/or electrical issues.

[karl61]

I will try to consolidate all my electrical issue posts here.

I have a full battery. The four fuses in the upper left part of the fairing in the "fuse" area test okay.

I need my lights to come on and I want to see the oil light but nothing. I checked my battery cables and nothing seems out of place.

Now I want to use my little meter and check these things out. Would a burnt out plastic thing interfere with me getting electricity to the fuses.

[karl61]

My question would be how do you check to see if the plastic thing is working. My ICU -= box would that have something to do with the oil light and head light going on. what setting would I use to check these things.

[shuggyboy]

i had a load of electrical problems on my bike, it turned out to be some corrosion on the connector blocks,,, i ended up smearing the blocks with loads of vaseline and popped them in and out a few times,,, it seems to have done the trick,, you might try that....

[karl61]

thanks for the response. I will update with pictures or videos as I take on this issue.

[Travis398]

what year bike are you working on? 

you say the fuses are all good, do you have power to them when you turn the key on?

Do you know how to use that meter?   

[karl61]

No power when I hit the start button. ....nothing on my 84 FJ1100

I'm just starting to learn about the multimeter. The only settings I know are for the battery and for fuses:

[Travis398]

If nothing else you figured out how to post pictures.  That is something.



Turn that meter to 10 o'clock position the DCV 20 setting.

Then touch the battery, Red to red black to black.

what does the meter  say?

[karl61]

If nothing else you figured out how to post pictures.  That is something.



Turn that meter to 10 o'clock position the DCV 20 setting.

Then touch the battery, Red to red black to black.

what does the meter  say?

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5418/9od.mp4

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4944/ziy.mp4

[karl61]

I'm actually trying to remove the starter solenoid but have stopped due to this plastic connector thing up the line; not sure what it i or how to separate it.

[Travis398]

you probably don't need to take that apart, in fact you may be making things worse. 

[Travis398]

That looks like a regular bullet type wire connector. It comes apart but if you are not careful you can pull the wire out of the connector.

[racerrad8]

Give it a firm pull and it will come apart. Those are bullet connectors.

Randy - RPM

[karl61]

okay - I disconnected at the bullet connectors. I have the solenoid out. I also see a small nut holding on a wire. Can I use the meter to check the solenoid? and if so at what setting.

[karl61]

I can also tell from this other video I posted before regarding and issue that the front light should be on. It's not on when I turn the key.
I have a full battery. The cables looked all connected. The fuses tested good. No light when I turn the key and so nothing when I hit the starter button.

FJ1100 neutral switch

[Harvy]

Karl...... not sure what year you have but I think they are all the same when I say to check the master fuse in the positive line coming from the battery........On mines its just by the battery box..

Seems to me that if you are not even getting a light coming on and you have 12.38 volts according to the m/meter, that you have a break in the positive wire somewhere..... and the main fuse is a good place to start.


Harvy