fuses/or electrical issues.

[karl61]

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

thank you - what are the fuses that I pulled from underneath the left handle bar. A little compartment that said "fuse" on it. One was going horizontal and three were facing perpendicular...those were the ones that I tested.

[Harvy]

I'm not sure Karl......is a different model to my '91 (does not have that fuse box), but I would assume they are fuses for the ancillary circuits.......horn - that sort of thing.

Harvy

[karl61]

Thanks for all the responses. I think it might be easier if I  take the tank off. I've seen some videos on that issue. From the pictures can some also tell how to figure out what end went to the positive cable and what to the negative.  And how would you choose it if it came in brand new. Also, from the pictures you can see in the back/front of the solenoid two other small nuts, one with a wire on it. If I had to how do I get those off. What are those for?

[karl61]

I think I located it and found out that there are different type of fuses on the 84FJ1000. I never saw the one I did a test on before but these in what I think is the main fuse box is what I have seen before and one appears to be burnt in the middle.

[karl61]

My question now is how to put the bullet connectors back together with the plastic thing on and how to tell positive section of the solenoid. I also think the lights should work without the solenoid, at least for a quick check.

[rktmanfj]

My question now is how to put the bullet connectors back together with the plastic thing on and how to tell positive section of the solenoid. I also think the lights should work without the solenoid, at least for a quick check.

The bullet connectors just snap together...

Randy T
Indy

[Harvy]

Karl....... doesn't matter with the big terminals which side is pos and which is neg. It may matter with the small terminals though.
A solenoid is really just a relay....... the little wires attach internally to coil of wire - when current flows by pressing the starter button, the coil creates an electro-magnet. Inside the coil is a metal rod which then moves to close a contact which in turn passes current thru the large wires to the starter motor. When the starter button is released the magnetic field collapses and a spring moves the metal rod back to its original position.

Now having said that, I'm not sure whether the magnetic field is influenced by polarity (ie. wire it the wrong way round and the rod moves in the wrong direction)...... but I would think that if it is, its a simple matter the correct if you get it wrong the first time.

Harvy

[Travis398]

the battery should go to the post on the left, notice the little strap connecting it to the smaller stud.

[karl61]

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[karl61]

Thanks guys and gals. I put the negative with the wire with the bullet connector. When I put in one of the "15" switches which looks side ways and  the one closest to the center , when that went in my light went on. This was after replacing the burnt master switch.

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9097/dkc.mp4

[Harvy]

the battery should go to the post on the left, notice the little strap connecting it to the smaller stud.

Ah yes well spotted Travis..... I didn't notice that when I posted. So the starter button is connecting the neg side to ground.


Cheers
Harvy

[karl61]

now if I can only fix my neutral light - keep it on when it's in neutral.

[Harvy]

now if I can only fix my neutral light - keep it on when it's in neutral.

Does it come on at all?

Maybe the bulb is blown?

Harvy

[karl61]

now if I can only fix my neutral light - keep it on when it's in neutral.

Does it come on at all?

Maybe the bulb is blown?

Harvy

see link in post 53. also, maybe I don't have the switch. I actually have an ebay neutral switch right next to me. That's will be my next tinkering issue....

[Travis398]