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oil pressure switch wire

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by RiceBiker, Jul 2, 2014.

  1. RiceBiker

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    She's almost all back together. But. I can't for the life of me, find the wire that goes to the oil pressure switch on the bottom of the engine oil pan. Wiring diagram I have says B/R going to connector at Diode. I have a white wire coming off of Oil Level Switch.
    Jumped kickstand switch, jumped clutch switch, I don't remember there being any single wire like it down there. Could it be in the array going to p/u coils? Or was it connected to kickstand switch somehow? Those are the only wires around.
    '82 650 maxim
     
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    The oil pressure switch isn't.

    It's just a "low oil level" switch, a simple float mechanism.

    If you're thinking it somehow has something to do with a "no start" situation, it doesn't. It's just an oil level warning; and because of how it's tied into the circuits, the "oil" lamp may come on if you try to start the bike with the safety circuit deployed. If that happens, it has nothing to do with the oil level sending unit.
     
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    Yeah, would still like it to work. So, again, I have this wire (white) and its sticking off of the oil LEVEL switch. It's a male connector. I'm trying to find the female connector it was connected to. The wiring diagram I have shows it connected to a Black/Red wire going to the little black diode box. You think if I ran a wire from the male connector at the oil level switch to the B/R wire at the diode, that would suffice?
    Thanks for the help.
     
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    Yeah, would still like it to work. So, again, I have this wire (white) and its sticking off of the oil LEVEL switch. It's a male connector. I'm trying to find the female connector it was connected to. The wiring diagram I have shows it connected to a Black/Red wire going to the little black diode box. You think if I ran a wire from the male connector at the oil level switch to the B/R wire at the diode, that would suffice?
    Thanks for the help.
     
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    Wow, that thing was buried in there. It works! Found the black/red wire, female connector. It makes a little detour out of the harness that goes to the pick up coils. Along with the neutral wire.

    Thanks
     
    RiceBiker, Jul 19, 2014
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    Wow, that thing was buried in there. It works! Found the black/red wire, female connector. It makes a little detour out of the harness that goes to the pick up coils. Along with the neutral wire.

    Thanks
     
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    Wow, that thing was buried in there. It works! Found the black/red wire, female connector. It makes a little detour out of the harness that goes to the pick up coils. Along with the neutral wire.

    Thanks
     
    RiceBiker, Jul 19, 2014
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