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- Feb 11, 2006
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60 miles from home yesterday the ground circuit problem happened again. The bike quit at a stop sign and from then on basically nothing electrical in the front half of the bike worked and the bike would not start with high beams on. The engine would start and run with the headlight dip switch on low beam although there were no headlights and I was able to ride it home. This problem is detailed in this earlier thread:
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?120747-Location-of-main-chassis-frame-ground-Ground-circuit-fault
When I got home I stripped off the tupperware and began reading all the threads again with similar problems. The ground wire out of the bottom of the 24 pin connector on the front left of the motorcycle above the cylinder head tested good continuity to the ground but because other similar problems with 1300s centered on this ground circuit I made a 14 gauge wire test lead with a pointed metal tip and inserted it into the plastic connector so it made contact with the connector's terminal for the green wire, bypassing the wire, and touched the other end to the frame while the key was on. All the lights came on brightly and the fuel pump spun up. Alright!!!!! To fashion a low resistance ground I cut the old ground wire in two and twisted and soldered a piece of the new wire onto it and crimped a ring terminal on the end. I grounded it to one of the 8 mm bolts that secure the left side coil.
Thanks to all of you that contributed in earlier threads I was able to get right to it and affect a repair.
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?120747-Location-of-main-chassis-frame-ground-Ground-circuit-fault
When I got home I stripped off the tupperware and began reading all the threads again with similar problems. The ground wire out of the bottom of the 24 pin connector on the front left of the motorcycle above the cylinder head tested good continuity to the ground but because other similar problems with 1300s centered on this ground circuit I made a 14 gauge wire test lead with a pointed metal tip and inserted it into the plastic connector so it made contact with the connector's terminal for the green wire, bypassing the wire, and touched the other end to the frame while the key was on. All the lights came on brightly and the fuel pump spun up. Alright!!!!! To fashion a low resistance ground I cut the old ground wire in two and twisted and soldered a piece of the new wire onto it and crimped a ring terminal on the end. I grounded it to one of the 8 mm bolts that secure the left side coil.
Thanks to all of you that contributed in earlier threads I was able to get right to it and affect a repair.
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