Generator

[Bob_Roller]

I remember reading on some BMW site, about crimping solder-less terminals onto the 'pigtail' wire leads on the brushes .

I have to admit, only having done it once 12 years ago, I don't know where the terminal ends go after that .

Are the wires from the regulator go onto the brush holder with nuts and washers, or are they push on type terminal ends ??

Again my memory is vague about this, I haven't had the front cover off of the bike for some time now .

[Lucky_Lou]

can any of you electricians shine some light? I have two wiring diagrams, one from the handbook and one from the Haynes manual. Their layouts are different but they agree that all four leads from the stator coils are black-insulated. Not on my 79 they aren't.

When i was rebuilding "Gertie" (a 79) i had totally stripped the frame and had wiring problems during the rebuild, i had the Haynes manual and was getting no where with it, a friend lent me a Clymer manual which was far more accurate and solved all my problems, the Haynes was not correct for the 79 but may be OK for later models.
Lou

[Ed Miller]

When I did mine I set them up according to instructions I read on the Airlist from Joel Rappaport.  Unfortunately I can't remember how I did it, but it was easy.