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Ok full disclosure, got er out today, idling and reving great, troll out of the shop, pause, admire the sound, and the steady idle, all shined up, give it a little Rev and wham! it shits on me ! Lol after all that tightening of the electronics. Ok I say, wtf! Swap out the TCI and boom it’s back...
Well 5twins you are correct. I discovered two miss wired circuits in the new harness. I should say identified, because I am unwilling to unwrap and chase them down.
First the headhead light circuit is powered by the main circuit, (red) and is hot with the key on as well as all ( blue black)...
Here’s mine, been tinkering on this on and off for 10+ years, always enjoy just looking at, but time to run it and show off my efforts.
Btw I don’t run those V stacks, but they did look cool.
Today I read the tech thread on TCI rebuilding/ repairing, this was one I missed , good news was both of the TCI units that were on the bench looked good, and tested well.
No signs of heat, all diodes equal and proper
Soldering looks good, a little sealer flaking off, but I was surprised how...
Alternator new, however new rotor did cause a near catastrophic failure, as the commutator plate was screwed on as opposed to riveted as oem . Screw came out and trashed the plate broke a brush and brush holder. Replace them all with good used. Charging system is currently working well.
Don’t...
I thought so also, but I have two, maybe three? Swapping them out made no difference,,so I kinda wrote that off,,,they could all be bad I suppose, but even if they were would they all fail with the same symptoms?
Thanks for the suggestion,,,,
so, I haven’t been around in a long time, life gets complicated as everyone knows so I won’t go into that. Haha
I have been chipping away at my cafe for the last several years, I’ll call it an 81SH, runs like a top. Without listing it all, I believe I have rebuilt or replaced almost every...