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Electrical gremlins - RESOLVED

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Oblivion, Aug 6, 2009.

  1. Oblivion

    Oblivion Active Member

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    EDIT: The connector from the bike to the fairing was loose. Tracked it down by noticing the tail signals were lighting, just not the fronts. Not sure how many of these Vetter-esque fairings are out there, but figured I'd leave this up in case anyone else runs across this.

    As I made my last turn in to work today, I noticed my blinker on the dash wasn't blinking. I used to see that when the thing idled for crap and voltage would get low, so I clutched and blipped the throttle, but still no blinky. Just before I shut down, the HUD Warning light came on and the "HEAD" indicator lit. I hopped off, checked, and found the head light was actually still lit. No running lights at all though. And no blinky signals.

    Things I've checked:
    Battery voltage - engine off - 12.72v
    Main voltage - engine running - 12.75v
    Fuses - all good - tested load-side with multimeter - 12.10v
    Headlight filament (about 10 years old) looks a little ragged, but still intact and passes current.

    I'm going to try replacing the headlight as a cheap test, but I really don't see it affecting the turn signals like that - I could be surprised.

    Looking for other thoughts/suggestions. Thanks. BTW, alternator brushes were replaced last season.
     
    Oblivion, Aug 6, 2009
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