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Author Topic: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant  (Read 50946 times)

Boxer_Bolshie

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Ignition Switch Wire HELP!
« Reply #195 on: June 08, 2012, 02:48:43 PM »
Can someone PLEASE post a picture here of how the wires are connected to their ignition switch?  I need to (visually) see which terminal each of the coloured wires connect to!  

I've looked at several wire diagrams and I have a couple of extra wires going on and I need verification that mine are right.  I can't give the bike juice yet to test the connection and my multimeter is on the fritz!

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #196 on: June 08, 2012, 02:56:59 PM »
The extra wires that you have, are they green with a black spiral band ?

If they are, they are used for optional clock and voltmeter internal lighting .

They don't go on the ignition switch, they just sit there with no job to do .
« Last Edit: June 08, 2012, 03:01:00 PM by Bob_Roller »
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Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #197 on: June 08, 2012, 03:16:33 PM »
Thanks Bob!  A perfect example of the difference in wire diagrams I've run across.  One diagram I came across said that the green/black wires were the switched power (switch key) while the red was clock power and so I wired accordingly.  I suppose I'll have to undo that now!

My Clymer Manual says that I should have a green, red, grey, and adjoined yellow and green/brown wires going to the switch but I have a white (or grey?), green, red, green/purple, and then the adjoined green/black wires.

So is there still a current going through the green/black wires or is that off when not connected to something?
« Last Edit: June 08, 2012, 03:17:22 PM by Boxer_Bolshie »

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #198 on: June 08, 2012, 03:18:55 PM »
I am 12v illiterate!  :-/

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #199 on: June 08, 2012, 03:25:38 PM »
Yes, there is 12 vdc available there it's on the same circuit as the tail light, 'parking' light under the hadlight bulb and internal lighting for the tachometer and speedometer .

According to the wiring diagram that I have at work , there are 4 wires on the ignition switch, red goes on terminal 30 of the switch, grey wire on terminal 58, green wire on terminal 15, the last one green with a violet spiral band looks like terminal 53, my enlarged copy of the wiring diagram has a few of the terminal numbers 'washed out' , when I get home, I'll check the original size diagram to get the correct number .

The terminal numbers are molded into the bottom of the switch body next to the metal terminals .

At least on the US model bikes, there are more terminals on the switch, than there are wires, don't know if non US model bikes are different . .
« Last Edit: June 08, 2012, 03:26:41 PM by Bob_Roller »
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #200 on: June 08, 2012, 03:35:56 PM »
Thanks again!  

I disconnected the green/black wires as per your recommendation and now the only wires that are connected are the grey (looks like white), green, red, and violet/green and are connected to the same terminals as your wiring diagram says.

The last set of wires (I hope) I need verification on are these adjoined blue/green wires.  According to my diagram it looks like they connect to the ignition coil.


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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #201 on: June 08, 2012, 03:43:08 PM »
Those two green wires, are they green with a white spiral band ?
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'82 R65 LS
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'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
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I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #202 on: June 08, 2012, 04:39:35 PM »
No they're green with a blue band

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #203 on: June 08, 2012, 05:23:09 PM »
The green wire with a violet spiral band, may go on terminal 56, it's not clear on the original I copied from .

The green/blue wire comes from the ignition coil, goes to the connector for the kill/start switch, then goes to the tachometer electrical connector .
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #204 on: June 18, 2012, 11:12:18 AM »
They're finally here!!!


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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #205 on: June 19, 2012, 04:48:32 AM »
For what it is worth ,here is a photo of my ignition switch. D2

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #206 on: June 27, 2012, 05:46:05 PM »
Thanks Dave that help confirm I had the ignition hooked up correctly... Now if I can figure out why the Acewell is hot without the ignition turned on.

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #207 on: June 29, 2012, 03:59:40 PM »
My friend Robin ROCKS!  She knows 12v electrical stuff and helped finish the electrical on the moto-mocycle and it turned over, YEA!  

Now I just have to figure out why it spits oil into the right head cover via exhaust rocker....  Anyone care to make suggestions?

Boxer_Bolshie

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #208 on: July 02, 2012, 06:52:36 PM »
Just to clarify my previous post; it seems to spit more oil than what I think might be normal (but then I'm not sure what normal is supposed to be).

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Re: Boxer Bolshie's '84 Restoration and Rant
« Reply #209 on: July 17, 2012, 04:08:16 PM »
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Just to clarify my previous post; it seems to spit more oil than what I think might be normal (but then I'm not sure what normal is supposed to be).

Had any luck figuring this out?
Are the valves seated properly??