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Old wires !!!
Spitfire:
Not a great photo but I found this when I stripped my F1 down, it was on the starter solenoid circuit if I remember correctly, I was amazed as I had never had any electrical problems at all with the bike luckily there were no other nasties. Just to make sure I went right through the harness cleaning up all the connectors and smearing them with dielectrical grease.
Cheers
Dennis
mattsz:
Wow, Dennis, that is bad! All the electric fluid has leaked right out!
Bryanj:
At least the rare smoke stayed in!!
mike the bike:
You can still get replacement smoke.
matthewmosse:
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--- Quote from: matthewmosse on January 27, 2019, 01:28:41 PM ---Oh, and if I buy a bike, job 1, but out any of those blue or red pre insulated terminals bodgers love to use. They seem to attract corrosion.
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All connectors are not (edit!) the same. I have seen various quality red bullet crimp connectors, the ones I have used (not bodged, thankyou!) are better than some but I'm damned if I can remember where I got them. Perhaps RS? The ones you get in blister packs from Halfrauds are questionable, as the insulator seems to deform completely when you crimp and then not return to it's original shape.
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Accepted, there are good ones that are red or blue, but you know the generic halfords et al cheap blister pack items, I even have some - I think it's that the insulation on the cheap ones plus the crimp tools that come with them give a poor crimp, creating high resistance and that causes further issues. I must admit, they can be handy as a quick fix. But they do tend to get removed and replaced with the more expensive vwp jap connectors etc as appropriate once a bike goes into the workshop for serious fettling. The cheap crimp tools can deliver good results, used carefully. I think the main factor on the dreadful bullet connectors on reflection is they are often supplied as a one size fits all pack, designed for quite thick cables, its then quite hard to get them to tighten adequately, given they only have room for a single crimp, onto the copper, not a great deal of support from the insulation.
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