Electrical demons making me crazy
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Electrical demons making me crazy
Hi everyone I was hoping that I can get some help. I have a 1990 fltcu that went threw hurricane sandy and the electrical demons are kicking my a#@. Sometimes she wont start(no power to the fairing)I can grab the wires going to it and its good to go. I took out the speedo cleaned all the connectors now when I turn the bars to full lock bam no power to the fairing. As soon as I move them power returns. what's the best way to track the problem down? Also under the fairing there was a blue wire with a white stripe not connected to anything but does have a eye on the end could not find it on the sceamatics anywhere. any light you can shed would be a big help.
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I was hoping that I would not have to yank the fairing and tank but I cant be riding and have her cut out. The salt water is a slow and silent killer I get one thing taken care of and another rears its ugly head. thank you for your help.
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sandy isnt your problem
Hi everyone I was hoping that I can get some help. I have a 1990 fltcu that went threw hurricane sandy and the electrical demons are kicking my a#@. Sometimes she wont start(no power to the fairing)I can grab the wires going to it and its good to go. I took out the speedo cleaned all the connectors now when I turn the bars to full lock bam no power to the fairing. As soon as I move them power returns. what's the best way to track the problem down? Also under the fairing there was a blue wire with a white stripe not connected to anything but does have a eye on the end could not find it on the sceamatics anywhere. any light you can shed would be a big help.
Pay particular attension to the harness that flexes as you move the bars from left to right .
I suggest you cut out this harness at the pivot point and replace all the wiring
in this harness.
You will be be making a lot of connections so be sure you know how to do it properly.
Let me know if you need help with this.
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Thanks to all This weekend I'm going to yank the fairing and redo the wiring going under the speedo. I don't believe in the crimp on terminals my first Harley an old iron head sportster was loaded with them and drove me crazy. As for the salt in the frame I spent 6 hours with a power washer and 2 gallons of wd40 cleaning every nook then spraying it down with wd40. I will also go threw the fairing and do the headlight upgrade with the 2 relay trick I read on the sight. Again thanks to all.