There was one repair that had to be done. Last week after getting to the top of the driveway, I turned on the headlight and the horn went off. This indicated to me that there were some wires shorting out and I had a good idea where the problem was. The harness from the handlebar mounted multifunction switch goes into the top of the headlight and I already had to repair a couple of the wires before. Since the sidecar was installed, the handlebars go from right to left far more often than they ever did before. The harness was barely long enough and it gets pulled pretty tight when the bars are turned to the right. You can see all of the broken insulation on the wires with some of the wires touching each other.
Electrical gremlins can be the bane of one's life....glad you found these so easily. Preventive maintenance usually pays off. 66f temperature change, it's got Colorado's temperature differentials beat! Most I've seen it change in a short period of time is about 40 degrees Fahrenheit in one day.
ReplyDeleteThirty year old wiring plus really cold temperatures on wiring that wasn't designed to move that much means recurring problems. Hopefully 3" additional length should help.
DeleteI heard that Fairbanks has some of the largest temperature swings within NA.
What a swing in temperatures. I bet that +18 seemed downright balmy to you.
ReplyDeleteYep, pretty nice temperature. Especially compared to last Fridays -47°F!
DeleteWow that is some jump in temperature. (Richard, my first thought when I saw the thumbnail of the wires - art!)
ReplyDeleteThe swing is pretty dramatic though far from the largest. While driving from Anchorage to Fairbanks once it was -30°F in Anchorage, +50°F in Healy and -55°F in Fairbanks. Healy to Fairbanks is about 100 miles...
DeleteThis has nothing to do with wires, but if you are missing your regular weather, we have it down here. Please come get it and take it away.
ReplyDeleteBut we like to share, especially our lovely Winter weather. Enjoy! ;-)
DeleteRichard:
ReplyDeleteas I look at your splicing job I can't help but smile. How many times I have soldered connections, only to discover I forgot to insert the shrinkwrap
I notice it's almost shorts and T-shirt weather, at least during the day. I can't imagine such a huge temperature difference
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
I can only remember forgetting the shrink tubing maybe a couple of times. The soldering gun was giving me fits but once I took things apart, cleaned the contacts and the tip it worked like new.
DeleteNew Years maintenance and updates are about to commence here also. Sometimes that is as fun as riding.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and family.
I still have a long list of maintenance to do but none of it is critical. This repair had to be done as I didn't want to be stuck without lights.
DeleteYouare a weather pansy compared to Martha.
ReplyDeleteYep, no question about that.
DeleteThis is the KW of the North.