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Ok, another wiring question. My headlight housing broke, took it apart to repair it, found a rats nest of bs. I do not run turn signals, and the switches on the handlebars were shorted out on the right side anyways so I removed them, disconnected all unnecessary wires (so I thought) cut them down and shrink wrapped all of them except the headlight wires. All went smooth until I tried to go for a ride and voila no spark, although it ran fine before. The diagram I have sucks, cannot zoom in far enough to read the colors (I don't have a physical manual only digital). I'm pretty electrically adept, but this is makin me feel like an a-hole. Any ideas? It's a 77 fxs kick and electric start, only other electrical components are a headlight and taillight and a hidden starter switch. Any help is appreciated
Last edited by miki3slayer; May 16, 2013 at 06:03 PM.
The thing is it wasn't working in the first place.... The whole switch housing and all the switches were shot
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Ok, another wiring question. My headlight housing broke, took it apart to repair it, found a rats nest of bs. I do not run turn signals, and the switches on the handlebars were shorted out on the right side anyways so I removed them, disconnected all unnecessary wires (so I thought) cut them down and shrink wrapped all of them except the headlight wires. All went smooth until I tried to go for a ride and voila no spark, although it ran fine before. The diagram I have sucks, cannot zoom in far enough to read the colors (I don't have a physical manual only digital). I'm pretty electrically adept, but this is makin me feel like an a-hole. Any ideas? It's a 77 fxs kick and electric start, only other electrical components are a headlight and taillight and a hidden starter switch. Any help is appreciated
Just got it! 2 weeks of me being a dumba**. Thank you for puttin the bug in my ear about the switch twizted biker! Didn't think about the mechanics of a switch like that. Connected the wires and she lives again! I appreciate all the help!
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Ok, another wiring question. My headlight housing broke, took it apart to repair it, found a rats nest of bs. I do not run turn signals, and the switches on the handlebars were shorted out on the right side anyways so I removed them, disconnected all unnecessary wires (so I thought) cut them down and shrink wrapped all of them except the headlight wires. All went smooth until I tried to go for a ride and voila no spark, although it ran fine before. The diagram I have sucks, cannot zoom in far enough to read the colors (I don't have a physical manual only digital). I'm pretty electrically adept, but this is makin me feel like an a-hole. Any ideas? It's a 77 fxs kick and electric start, only other electrical components are a headlight and taillight and a hidden starter switch. Any help is appreciated
Maybe these will help..........
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Oh, on wiring diagram 5-1D posted, just below terminal 8 , I don't know what that yellow dot is, probably a boogie.
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