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Hey y'all, I found an easy way to use that white aux power plug located just behind the battery on the left side. Even though the cap does not have the necessary pins in it to make a connection, the pin retaining clips work somewhat like wire clamps. I just stripped the ends from some 18 gauge zip cord and tinned it, then used hemostats (or small needle nose pliers) to insert the wire into the contacts in the bottom plug - they fit very snugly after tinning. Here are a couple of pictures - not the best, but you should be able to see what I am talking about: [ATTACH]16155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16154[/ATTACH] Just make sure you insert the wires into the metal contacts in the plug, not the empty spot next to them where the retaining clips are (I think that the second picture actually shows me holding the wires in the wrong hole)! The way the plug cap is designed, the wires are protected from accidentally touching once the cap is put back in place. Also, remember that this plug is only on a 5 amp fuse (located behind the right front cowling). Good luck, Goose -
Need some spark plug boot help
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All - had a cylinder (#4) that wasn't getting any spark, after getting good tests at the TCI for ignition and pickup coils, I thought the culprit might be the spark plug wire/boot. I pulled the retaining screw out of the boot and cleaned it, the spring, and the thrust plate. The 10k resistor measures 9.3k, within 10% tolerance. What's troubling me is I am not getting any connection between the pin on one end of the boot that slides into the spark plug wire and the retaining screw. Even when I strip all the pieces out and probe deep into the boot to make a connection with the pin, no luck. Thinking to test my theory of a bad boot out on another boot, I stripped one that I knew was good. Once again, no connection between the retaining screw and the pin. Does this make sense? Also, as I reassemble the boot, I believe the parts go in: 1) spring 2) thrust washer 3) resistor 4) screw Appreciate any help - thanks! -
well............weather finally came around for a few days, but we have MAJOR renovations going on in the yard, and the 05 is buried in the shed. Main project this year was to get the outside of the house painted, but first,the carpenter had to change any rotten trim we could find. Then we decided to remove a door that we never use and replace it with a window...still no biggie. Then, a few weeks ago, I went out beck to find one of the retaining walls around my pool had let go so in came the mason, he recommended removing ALL of the retaining walls (cement and brick) and putting in new ones. So since we were doing this, we decided to connect the patio to the pool deck so it was one straight walk (jobs getting bigger huh?).....since we're doing all the work, decided to change all the lines to and from the filter so we wont have to worry about leaks. Then it was decided to change the liner etc etc. SO.........looks like I won't be riding for a few weeks. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
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Hey y'all, I found an easy way to use that white aux power plug located just behind the battery on the left side. Even though the cap does not have the necessary pins in it to make a connection, the pin retaining clips work somewhat like wire clamps. I just stripped the ends from some 18 gauge zip cord and tinned it, then used hemostats (or small needle nose pliers) to insert the wire into the contacts in the bottom plug - they fit very snugly after tinning. Here are a couple of pictures - not the best, but you should be able to see what I am talking about: Just make sure you insert the wires into the metal contacts in the plug, not the empty spot next to them where the retaining clips are (I think that the second picture actually shows me holding the wires in the wrong hole)! The way the plug cap is designed, the wires are protected from accidentally touching once the cap is put back in place. Also, remember that this plug is only on a 5 amp fuse (located behind the right front cowling). Good luck, Goose
