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Don t forget high / low beam switch on the headlight.
Turn signals aren't required.
I haven't decided what I'm going to do with the headlight. I don't want to have any extra switches or wires on the bars. One option is to put a hi/lo toggle switch on top of the headlight can. Or I might just not bother with the high beam at all.
That's the housing that replaces the stock timing cover and such. Pretty easy to get on once you have all the old stuff out of the way.
Bolt on the cover, fill it up to the shaft with oil, and that's that.
At the moment, I think I'm stuck. The instructions say to turn the engine until you "see the timing mark" on the crank with the front cylinder on the compression stroke, but they don't say which mark. Gonna have to give the Joe Hunt people a call tomorrow and see what's what.
They are referring to the mark that can be seen in the timing window when you remove the Allen plug. Look for it on the compression stroke of the front cylinder. By timing mark, they are referring to ignition timing.
I am going off of memories rebuilding my 1991 Sportster in 1995.
They are referring to the mark that can be seen in the timing window when you remove the Allen plug. Look for it on the compression stroke of the front cylinder. By timing mark, they are referring to ignition timing.
Yep, but the question is which mark on the crank do they want? Surely it must be the one at TDC, but I want to verify that first.
Well it sure is pretty.
Still have to get everything else put back together (primary cover is off, etc), but I couldn't resist trying to start it while it was still on the jack.
No go. It barked a few times but wouldn't start. Guess the timing isn't right. Oh well. Just a matter of getting that sorted, I suppose.
The Good News: I went back and reset the timing, and she fired right up. Nice.
The Bad News: Somewhere in the process of bolting everything back together, I cocked up the starter circuit. Went to take her for a test spin, and nothing. One good clue : the little bank of indicator lights is dead. I think I jacked up the key switch, which I removed to pull the coil.
I think I'll dig in and see if I pulled a connector out of the switch. If that doesn't cure it, I'm done for now. Not going to waste a bunch of time chasing a wiring problem in a system I'm pulling apart in a couple weeks.
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