batman wrote on 07/26/19 at 15:25:16: If the bike started the solenoid can't be bad . Your pic from before showed it surrounded by rubber (stock) you should be able to mount it with something like an electrical cable clamp. ( half moon shape with a holed flange at each end)
If it seems to much hassle ,you can buy a used harness off Ebay , I've seen them go for about $45.00 , some years are only slightly different ,with different connectors ,but nothing you couldn't work around by cutting them out and hard wiring.
Yeah, I know the solenoid is good. I just know that it's always hot and if something touches it then the fuse can blow. And I know what you are talking about to mount it, I will pick something like that up. Thank you!
When you say I can get a used harness on eBay, do you mean all the harnesses for the bike with all of the wires coming off, or...? I'm not opposed to hardwiring stuff, I would just rather take the easy way out on the electronics. Lol. I think the harness is good on the bike, but it's the wires that plug into the harness. All of those seem to be the real mess. I hope I am understanding it all correctly. If I were to wire off of the existing plugs so everything is fresh, what's the suggested gauge wire, or the best wire to use?
Thanks for all of your help and suggestions!
And I started removing a lot of the electrical tape and stumbled across this dumbness. Looks like the previous owner decided to tap into one of the heavier cables off of the solenoid... Ugh!