Stator Electrical connector. Where is it?

[YamaDuck]

I'm still hunting down that bad connection in my charging system. I have checked the main fuse panel. I have checked and cleaned the starter solenoid. I have checked and cleaned the battery terminals. I have checked the wiring plug at the RR. Everything is good so far. Now I want to check the three white wire stator connector but I can't find it. I see where the 3 white wires go into the side cover. Is that the connector or is the connector inside the cover and if so can you get to it from the larger cover on the side of the crankcase cover? It has two screws holding it in place that I will have to use an impact wrench to loosen the screws they are so tight but I don't want to open it if the connector is not in there. I have check the wiring diagram in the service manual but I can't make heads from tales in that diagram.

 

Alright I found a heavy 3 white wire connector under the coolant tank reservoir but there were no black or red wires. I assume from the test Flyinfool had me do that the bad connection is on the positive side. This white 3 wire connection seems to me to go to the stator which is the connector I was looking for. It is filthy. This connector does look like it could use a good cleaning inside and out. This will probably not fix my problem but I would like to clean it if I can. Can I just spray carb cleaner in both halves? I don't know of a better way to get down inside there unless someone here knows a trick.

Edited June 20, 2014 by YamaDuck

[Bubber]

From pictures I have seen the wires come through the housing and then...

1) either hard wired in

or

2) some how wired into a connector to the R&R ????????????

Gary ought to chime in here soon he would know the specifics.

[djh3]

Best I can tell the 3 wires are at the R/R.

[YamaDuck]

Best I can tell the 3 wires are at the R/R.

 

Thanks Bubber. I found a connector under the coolant reservoir. They tested alright at the RR. I don't know if one of the white wire could cause the voltage to go down when the RPM's go up.

 

Yes the 3 white wires are at the RR. There are 3 white wires a black and a red wire at the RR. Looks like 3 white wires coming out of the side cover. When I trace the 3 white wires from the side cover and the 3 white wires and one black and one red wire from the RR they seem to connect under the coolant reservoir. I don't know where the black and red wire went.

 

My main concern now is how do I clean the contacts. I don't know if a carb cleaner will do the job or if I need to pull each wire out of the connector and clean it and put it back. I just don't know enough about this stuff. I don't want to break anything.

[RSTDdog]

Don't use carb cleaner, it will attack the plastic. CRC makes a good Electric contact cleaner that is safe for plastic. Contact cleaner ( or carb cleaner for that matter) won't remove corrosion from the metal connector ends though. If the connector ends are corroded or pitted, you will have to use a pick to push or pry up the tab that holds them in and pull them out of the plastic plug. Remove them one at a time. You will need to unplug the connector first to inspect the ends of it and to remove the individual connector ends if they need cleaning.

[YamaDuck]

Don't use carb cleaner, it will attack the plastic. CRC makes a good Electric contact cleaner that is safe for plastic. Contact cleaner ( or carb cleaner for that matter) won't remove corrosion from the metal connector ends though. If the connector ends are corroded or pitted, you will have to use a pick to push or pry up the tab that holds them in and pull them out of the plastic plug. Remove them one at a time. You will need to unplug the connector first to inspect the ends of it and to remove the individual connector ends if they need cleaning.

 

Thanks RSTDdog! I will follow your advise.

Harry