you can get a new socket or usally what ive donr in the past when i was restoreing older bikes is i get rid of the fuse panel all together and i buy the wire with the fuse socket in line and it uses the newer fuses and you can get same amp it works and its clean if it's up on the dash board then just goto motorcycle wrecking yard and get new panel well used cost about ten twenty bucks
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:32 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
