tfe1870
old650
just purchased 2 new fuse boxes from mikesx. could not get them to function. ended up finding 2 wires that were installed in wrong slot. be aware before spending lots of time diagnosing. switched the two and works perfect.
just purchased 2 new fuse boxes from mikesx. could not get them to function. ended up finding 2 wires that were installed in wrong slot. be aware before spending lots of time diagnosing. switched the two and works perfect.
Hi Leo,Round glass fuse suck. Up grade to modern flat blade fuses.
Leo
Several years back I did the so-called "Radio Shack" fix on my '82 when the original clips started to fail - just transplanted the clips from the RS fuse holder into the OEM fusebox with a bit of soldering and everything fit just fine. Dunno if any Radio Shack stores are left anymore.The advice given on this Forum seems to be to automatically replace the old stock fuse box with a modern spade type fuse box. The reasoning is all very sound because the old boxes usually have broken/cracked connectors and the modern type make much better contact. But ..... I could not find a place that would accomodate the spade fuse box on my SH. The fit was too tight and the result looked very poor. So I bought an after market version of the original and it looks very tidy and fits perfectly. I assume the contacts will work perfectly for several years as did the original box when new. But some time in the future, probably when I am dead, the contacts will fail and someone will say "I told you so".
The XS650SH has very low clearance under the seat in the vicinity of the old fuse box. It also lacks the space around the airbox and battery to take the modern type. I could have fitted in 4 of those individual blade fuses but it just wouldn't look tidy.
As XSLeo so pointed out, round glass fuses suck. But I am stuck with them for now.
Does anyone know if those crimp fuse clips are available? What would those crimp connectors be called?