SuzukiSavage.com /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> In The Dark.... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1196018528 Message started by Dave48 on 11/25/07 at 11:22:08

Title: In The Dark.... Post by Dave48 on 11/25/07 at 11:22:08 ....as in "no lights"! Doubt anything Savage-specific, but any clues as to where to begin looking for source of this problem would be appreciated! Other than for rear (which is working from the brakes and when main lights on), the Savage is light-less. No headlamp, no indicators. Yesterday it was erratically lighting ALL indicators when headlamp on dip or full (but not park!), which I assume was preparatory to today's total loss! Thanks.

Title: Re: In The Dark.... Post by barry68v10 on 11/25/07 at 11:31:43 Sounds like a short/grounded circuit to me.  Time to get out the voltage/ammeter and start testing circuits. As a precautionary measure, check all the fuses and light bulbs to make sure nothing funky is going on.

Title: Re: In The Dark.... Post by T-Mack1 on 11/25/07 at 16:10:18 Also check connectors under the tank to make sure they are pushed together fully.

Title: Re: In The Dark.... Post by hutch on 11/25/07 at 17:01:25 My main plug under the tank came apart and I had no lights in the front or signals. The back worked. I didn't have a functioning push button start either. I plugged it back together and wraped it with a thin zip wire tie so it wouldn't come apart again. Check the fuses under the seat on the throttle side first.   Hutch

Title: Re: In The Dark.... Post by thumperclone on 11/25/07 at 18:38:17 you are describing an open ckt...rear works front doesnt =connector under tank..had tank off recently ??if was fuse none would work..1 fuse starting ckt. other lighting ckt...

Title: Re: In The Dark.... Post by Dave48 on 11/26/07 at 00:50:32 "Also check connectors under the tank to make sure they are pushed together fully. " And similar comments! Oh dear, confirms my suspicions! I recently replaced the clutch cable, using the lazy method of taping clutch end of the new to the lever end of the old .... and dragging it through! Did rather feel as if I had encountered an obstruction.... Thanks all.

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