my loom was a bit messed up, i picked up a second hand 78 Special loom. Connections were dirty. Did a full clean of the bullets and dissembled all connectors and cleaned the contacts, (male and female) and replaced the couplings that were disintegrating. replaced any bullet connectors that had broken wires at the connection or if oxidizing had got into the connection around the solder.
I knew nothing about wiring and my head hurt just thinking about what goes where. Did a continuity test of all circuits, (up to switches and after them then tested the circuit through the switch. I knew the wires each side tested good so it was easy to pin point where the problems were as i cleaned the loom.
Used a Dremel drill with a small ball end bit to clean inside the bullet connectors and cotton buds dipped in lanolin oil after
http://www.xs650.com/threads/continuity-testing-made-easy.49917/
Blew me away how much the loom cleaned up, i had the indicators flashing at a normal pace without running the engine, just off the battery. Some said these bikes couldn't do that.
I knew nothing about wiring and my head hurt just thinking about what goes where. Did a continuity test of all circuits, (up to switches and after them then tested the circuit through the switch. I knew the wires each side tested good so it was easy to pin point where the problems were as i cleaned the loom.
Used a Dremel drill with a small ball end bit to clean inside the bullet connectors and cotton buds dipped in lanolin oil after
http://www.xs650.com/threads/continuity-testing-made-easy.49917/
Blew me away how much the loom cleaned up, i had the indicators flashing at a normal pace without running the engine, just off the battery. Some said these bikes couldn't do that.
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