ha stupid phone now I just saw the rest of the responses. nighthawk owners have a sense of humor too! Ha. ya wasnt too optimistic anyone would live relatively close. I'll try out this ground stuff though I just need to go over to google and type it "what is ground" and hope that it doesnt give me a bunch of responses about dirt rocks and plants cause thats same thing I think of.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Cory Crawford <[email protected] > wrote: > Thats perfectly described and understandable for me gevanish thanks. Ya I > tested the headlight by sticking some wires into the connectors on the back > of the headlight and then connecting the wires to the battery. still a > little confused by all the ground talk but I'll just try and follow your > advice word for word and see what happens. When you say the ground you take > off the frame what does that mean? Thanks for your answer though I'm gonna > try this... > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:25 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. 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