Recent content by AJMercer

Hammer and box wrench did the trick, still no reading, looks like one of the one of the wires soldered to the slip ring was broken off as well. Sense at some point I wanted to remove the battery from this bike anyway, now seems like a good time to switch to a PMA. Hugh's is out of stock, is...

Tested again, still nothing, photo below shows a pretty whopped rotor. In trying to remove it, ran into a lot of difficulty. With the bike in gear, rear brake on, friend sitting on the bike, the rotor was still spinning without the rear wheel moving. Impact driver was no help either. I have a...

When I touch the meter leads together they read .3, which is the resistance of the meter itself, correct? Yea fredintoon, I thought it was strange too, why I wanted to check here first. But maybe the previous bad battery put to much stress on the charging system, causing it to fail? How...

In going through gggGary's guide to checking the charging system, Everything was in order until I got to the rotor. Slap test wasn't working. In checking it with my multi meter on 200 ohms, rotor still on the bike and ignition off, I get no reading. The multimeter is only 2 weeks old, and works...

Yea, searched high and low, no fuses. It is pretty clear where the previous owner just bypassed the fuse box. Going to add a fuse right after the battery, that was what they did pre '79, to my understanding. After going through my bike again, I checked the alternator once more, and the...

Checking all the connections and cleaning them today, and found out there are no fuses on the bike, hence why I couldn't find them. Who ever owned the bike before me removed and bypassed the fuses. So, not sure how that effects the current situation. Is this something common for people to do...

After a night on the tinder everything worked fine, except the battery was not holding a charge. Old battery, so got a new one. and everything was back to normal. Then, 2 rides later, I noticed my brake indicator was coming on, checked and the brake worked fine. But about 30 minutes into the...

Put the battery on the tender all day, and checked when I got home. Everything was back in working order. I'd like to hear what you think, but I am assuming the 3.5 year old battery isn't holding the charge it's given as well. Voltage was Idle: 13.5 2500: 14.1 5000: 14.5 Appreciate...

On my way home this evening, my left turn signal stopped flashing, but the right one was working fine. Then the right one stops. As I get home I see my headlight start to dim. I turn the bike off, check to make sure nothing came unplugged behind the headlight, start it back up and the headlight...