Jason, have you been drinking? LOL! If not that voice to txt app sucks! Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Jason King <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:41:20 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Electrical Idiot Allen, Javiet its a little far got a blinker party loo On Jun 26, 2012 8:25 AM, "EGrider" <[email protected]> wrote: > A little while back, the headlight on my NH just stopped working, both > high and low beams. You say you tested the headlight and it works. So did > I. I'm going to assume that this means you got the headlight and 2 pieces > of wire and touched them directly to the battery, yes? That should mean you > have already figured out which connectors on the bulb are + and which is > the ground, even if you don't know which is high or low beam. Next you need > to attach a wire to the + on the headlight connector in the headlight > bucket to take power from it. The ground you take off the frame, not the > push-on connector. Run a ground wire from the bulb to the frame or back to > the ground on the battery if you have a long-enough wire. See what happens. > In my case, the bulb came on, which meant my ground was bad on the push-on > connector to the bulb even though it looked fine on visual inspection. I > cleaned and jiggled and pushed on the ground until it was making contact > again and viola! working headlights, high and low! Your mileage may vary, > but that's my story. Now I'm an electrical semi-idiot. > > On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:30:25 PM UTC-4, clkcrawford wrote: >> >> I'm an electrical idiot. Never gotten my hands dirty in my life UNTIL I >> bought my 1985 Nighthawk 450 a couple weeks ago. Wasnt running and now its >> running like a champ thanks to forums like this and the Clymers. Now the >> last two things that I CANT figure out. My horn and headlight are not >> working. Already tested horn and headlight individually so I know its not a >> problem with them. I have tried studying and analyzing the wiring diagram >> in my clymers and it might as well be instructions to deactivate a nuclear >> bomb thats written in german. I have no clue what it means and the only >> time I've tried messing around with stray wires sparks flew like 4th of >> July and I burnt my fingers. SO...my question is this..where do I start and >> what do I check? You might have to use caveman language with me because >> even "check the terminals for a bad ground" means absolutely nothing to me >> cause I have no clue what those are. Only shop around in my area that will >> do the electrical on this wants $90 an hour just to look at it. Trying not >> to go that route. I apologize for my idiocy but I'm sure most people >> understand that everyone use to know nothing and that happens to be the >> stage I am in. If you need more info let me know I can post and reply >> pretty quickly. Thanks and I'll post some pics too if need be. > > > On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:30:25 PM UTC-4, clkcrawford wrote: >> >> I'm an electrical idiot. Never gotten my hands dirty in my life UNTIL I >> bought my 1985 Nighthawk 450 a couple weeks ago. Wasnt running and now its >> running like a champ thanks to forums like this and the Clymers. Now the >> last two things that I CANT figure out. My horn and headlight are not >> working. Already tested horn and headlight individually so I know its not a >> problem with them. I have tried studying and analyzing the wiring diagram >> in my clymers and it might as well be instructions to deactivate a nuclear >> bomb thats written in german. I have no clue what it means and the only >> time I've tried messing around with stray wires sparks flew like 4th of >> July and I burnt my fingers. SO...my question is this..where do I start and >> what do I check? You might have to use caveman language with me because >> even "check the terminals for a bad ground" means absolutely nothing to me >> cause I have no clue what those are. Only shop around in my area that will >> do the electrical on this wants $90 an hour just to look at it. Trying not >> to go that route. I apologize for my idiocy but I'm sure most people >> understand that everyone use to know nothing and that happens to be the >> stage I am in. If you need more info let me know I can post and reply >> pretty quickly. Thanks and I'll post some pics too if need be. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/UWqJe6HaiFAJ. > 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. > -- 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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