I think I am just going to buy a replacement. The far left fuse socket had melted itself onto part of the fuse panel and took some plastic with it when I pulled it out. Will let you know how it goes. Kyle, I will spend some time looking at those photos you have before I start. I always do better seeing it than just reading about it.
Thanks! MN Blue On Aug 5, 3:17 am, NytWing <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
