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Headlights, Turn Signals, and Horn Not Working (Read 185 times)
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Re: Headlights, Turn Signals, and Horn Not Working
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Would you suggest a wire brush to clean connectors? Any kind in particular?
A small wire brush would work, if you have one. Some sandpaper, a paper towel, and some isopropyl alcohol would also do the trick. The idea is to clean it, then to scrape off any corrosion, and expose new metal at the point they make contact.
After cleaning with alcohol, 5-10 seconds of brushing or sanding is good enough.
Good luck!
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Any good links to wiring schematic for '97 LS650?
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1294779818
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HillSavage wrote
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Any good links to wiring schematic for '97 LS650?
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1294779818
Word, thanks, that's the one I have saved. Just wanted to be sure!
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1st2know wrote
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HillSavage wrote
on 12/24/16 at 16:13:36:
Would you suggest a wire brush to clean connectors? Any kind in particular?
A small wire brush would work, if you have one. Some sandpaper, a paper towel, and some isopropyl alcohol would also do the trick. The idea is to clean it, then to scrape off any corrosion, and expose new metal at the point they make contact.
After cleaning with alcohol, 5-10 seconds of brushing or sanding is good enough.
Good luck!
Cool, I have all that on hand. Are grounds usually visually corroded or just microscopically gunked up? Probably just good practice to clean all grounds occasionally? Are they obvious? Looking at schematic I see these grounds:
1) ignition coil
2) starter
3) battery
4) neutral switch
Any other grounds to be aware of? Many thanks, sorry for all the questions...
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Re: Headlights, Turn Signals, and Horn Not Working
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12/24/16 at 19:58:35
I just use contact cleaner and a pipe cleaner.
then coat it with contact grease.
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12/24/16 at 21:37:37
The main ground runs from the neg. battery post to a bolt in the engine case just above the oil level sightglass.
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The main ground runs from the neg. battery post to a bolt in the engine case just above the oil level sightglass.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but, the ground wiring is all apart of the main wiring harness? The schematic makes them seem like they're almost a part of the major components I listed.
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As Batman said from battery to engine, at the battery end it has another lead that hooks to main harness. Get yourself a tube of dielectric grease and as you inspect the connectors , clean them & apply some to the connectors.
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As Batman said from battery to engine, at the battery end it has another lead that hooks to main harness. Get yourself a tube of dielectric grease and as you inspect the connectors , clean them & apply some to the connectors.
Will have time to apply all information given tomorrow, thank you very much.
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Re: Headlights, Turn Signals, and Horn Not Working
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The main ground runs from the neg. battery post to a bolt in the engine case just above the oil level sightglass.
A schematic is a diagram of electron flow. Twenty grounds on the diagram may all be handled by one ground connection. The main one is where I would start. If ANYTHING works Right that would indicate that either the battery connections are good or at least good enough to carry That amperage. A ground can look good and even check good with a meter. The meter doesn't require much current. Start demanding that twenty amps pass and that creates heat, which increases resistance, which creates heat.
If you can Safely ( don't fry the ignition ) operate the headlight and signals, and feel for anything warm that should not be warm,, that can help track something down.
IDK what all doesn't work if the ignition isn't plugged in.
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12/25/16 at 20:04:55
Hill S. while it's true that most things are grounded through the wiring harness,they all lead back to the battery ground clamp (that needs to be clean and tight) the sparkplug,starter motor, and neutral light switch ground through the motor block to the heavy wire near the oil sightglass, then to the battery (-).clamp........do you have stock turn signal lights or after market? Are they duel filament bulbs?
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