GeorgeOC
XS650 Junkie
Hello everyone, I am reaching out, hopeful for a little advice on this one. Recently this issue popped up. When I turned on my headlights, my stop lamp indicator on the gauges lit up, and remained on as long as the headlight was on. I also do not have tail light while braking function when headlight is on. If I turn off the headlight, brake indication returns, and the stop lamp indicator turns off. Basically, I have a problem if I need to use my headlights. Not ideal now dusk coming at 5pm and earlier for a few months.
So far, I found a thread from early 2016 with a member's 79' that seemed to have a same issue. Looks like that was addressed through inspecting grounds. I have checked all the ground on in the head lamp bucket, as well as the tail light, all check out ok with the meter. I have replaced the rear tail light, which seemed to have a knackered filament, and a gray shadowing on one side of the bulb. All the connections inside the bucket seem to be ok.
Seems there may be a short somewhere. But where oh where! Just thought I would throw this out there, before I wholesale tear into my headlamp nest for attempt to redo everything!
So far, I found a thread from early 2016 with a member's 79' that seemed to have a same issue. Looks like that was addressed through inspecting grounds. I have checked all the ground on in the head lamp bucket, as well as the tail light, all check out ok with the meter. I have replaced the rear tail light, which seemed to have a knackered filament, and a gray shadowing on one side of the bulb. All the connections inside the bucket seem to be ok.
Seems there may be a short somewhere. But where oh where! Just thought I would throw this out there, before I wholesale tear into my headlamp nest for attempt to redo everything!