The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Red_Hen on May 18, 2010, 01:44:29 PM
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Hi Gang,
If one or some of you could help with some electrical questions, I have about (4 or 5):
Does anyone have any pictures of which wires plug into the ignition switch?
I bought an aftermarket Ignition coil from one of the members of this forum - not the gray crack-o-matic. I think I plugged in the right two wires to the posts - they have small black caps that almost look like spark plug caps but more like soft rubber boots.
I'm left with a long black ground wire with to eyelets on each end. It has a BMW tag - don't know where it goes or attaches to.
Which wires are the positive & negative cables for the battery - have one big cable coming off the top of the engine - is that hot or ground and where is the other wire?
Finally - I'll probably have to post a picture for this - there is a wire with a silver color round stud - looks sorta like a bullet with lines around it - near the left side of the front frame - no idea where that goes either.
I can post pics if I'm sounding too vague. Thanks for listening.
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What year is it ?? is it a 3 or 5 position switch ?? The big wire off the top of the engine should be "Hot' and go to the Starter relay, the earth should go to the bolt clamping the speedo cable in place on the side of the gear box.A picture of the other wiring problem will help,there are some pictures somewhere of the earth mounting as they were on another thread a while back i will see if i can find it.
Lou
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5 position switch and 1982 R65LS - thanks