harley wiring

[hound96]

anyone know anything about it i have an 82 sportster and the left sighnals an tail light wont work. any ideas?

[The Grizz]

No idea on that model but when I had to extent my wiring when I put mini aps on my 08 all the wiring came to a central spot where they all connected. Follow the wiring check all your connections.

[hound96]

yeah just goin through it all now i also have chris comin over to look , i got a feeling its a cracked wire or a bad ground

[The Grizz]

More then likely a bad ground, you should be on the right track. If not ground or broken wire might be in the ignition switch.

[hound96]

everything else is working fine

[BlueTang<3]

Start with the basics, bulbs, connections, grounds, conuniutity from switches to the bulbs, power at the connectors, seeing the age i would check the resistance in the wiring also could have some corrosion issues. At least it should be an easy system no ecms or anything.

[hound96]

we have determined the signals to be a switch issue so im ordering one tomorrow , and it got too dark to work on the tail light so thats tomorrows project

[The Grizz]

Signal switches are usually the culprit, it was my issue on my 2000 Magna that I also have. Fairly easy fix, tail light should be simple to find if you found the signal problem this fast. Nice job Dennis :thumb:

[hound96]

i was the flashlight guy chris gets the credit for this one, wiring confuses the crap outa me