You can probably horse around with trying to ifx it yourself but you might just be better off to watch Ebay and simply replace it.
On Aug 4, 9:32 pm, Minnesota Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > As some of you may or may not remember, I have been having electrical > problems on my 83 Nighthawk 650. Parts of the instrument cluster kept > cutting out. Was hoping to leave it until winter, but the issue was > forced upon me today when my headlight quit working and a new bulb > didn't work either. Long story short, my fuse panel seems to be > shot. The far left fuse was missing and had two wires going into the > socket (I knew about this but assumed it lead deeper into the wiring > and was again hoping to wait until winter). With the headlight > problem I was having I finally had the courage to pull it out and see > where it lead. Turns out it was one longer wire tucked up inside that > just looped back on itself. Put a fuse in and found out why that was > done. The fuse socket seems broken somehow as it won't hold a fuse > and make contact. They shoved the wire in there just to get a contact > and run the bike. The middle two fuses were fine. The fuse on the > far right was partially melted. This fuse socket seems to have a > similar problem in keeping a fuse set properly and keeping a solid > contact. So, unless I want to half ass it like the previous owners of > this bike (which I do not) I need to address the fuse panel. Anyone > had to do this? Can they be rebuilt or do you just have to replace > it? Anyone had luck finding one aftermarket? Have to check the > dealer to see if they still make them, but would rather not pay the > extra 20% or so in dealer mark ups =). Anyway, any and all tips or > suggestions would help. > > Thanks so much! > > MN Blue --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
