DanielBlack
XS650 Junkie
I’ll bet your little chap is really starting to move and groove these days.
Uh, yeah...
I’ll bet your little chap is really starting to move and groove these days.
Well, damn.
Poured some oil in and gave her a start. I had wired the white "HEAD" dash indicator to the SSR as a charging dummy light. Clear as can be, she's saying "I ain't charging, dummy."
Troubleshooting is real tough when my not-so-helpful helper keeps getting his peanut butter fingers where they shouldn't be. "Put that down! Get out of there! Don't climb that! Hey, get back here!" Yes, Pete, he's moving and grooving just fine.
But I did get out to the garage last night once he was asleep.
Slap test failed.
Battery with key on: 12.38v
No voltage at L brush.
0 ohm between R brush and battery negative
5.6 ohm rotor, VOM leads accounted for.
12.38v on the regulator's (VR291) sense and feed.
0v on the regulator's output.
It's looking like the regulator is fried, but I'm not sure how. It was charging during my quick test before the move. Somewhere about 13v at idle, pegged at 14.2v any where north of ~2000 RPM. Grumble, grumble. I'll find it...
Double damn. Lost the acorn nut off the top of a shock along with the bushing underneath. Grumble, grumble. Hope I find them...
That was my first hunch too, Pete. I had first probed the harness size of the connector pair, but I double checked on the regulator's side and no voltage there either.
I've got a new regulator due to come in tomorrow. It'll be an easy task to put terminals on it, plug it in, and see if it works.
The tough part will be to install it if it does. Access to the fasteners is under the battery just like the stock rectifier.
And you might have thought the headlamp bucket was tight...
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I'm betting he's getting room, board, medical, education along with hugs, kisses and love.How much are you paying your “ assistant “ ?
that ran when parked two seasons ago
"HEY! I AIN'T GONNA PASS THIS RICE BURNING PIECE OF **** IF IT WON'T KEEP RUNNING!"
"Did you open the petcock?"
He just stared at me for a moment, turned, walked away.
... Those itty bitty subminiature relays would really help. Am I right that they live on PCB boards? The big ol' minis I used just barely fit. Tiny components on custom built PCB boards would sure be slick...