Top Tip From AL........ As it's hidden behind the fairing and it's only for a blasted indicator, strip back some insulation on each wire, twist the appropriate ends together and wrap insulating tape round them....... Job done and easy disconnect when necessary........... No expense or much time involved...... Not that I would do that to my bike, though......
Indeed, but reading is such an under-rated skill ... and maybe he somehow hadn't seen what you had written?
Loz lighten up. Though i dont expect a technically illiterate like yourself to understand....... Arq knowing that its such a bodge then why even suggest it........
its as good a repair as any especially if heat shrink or amalgamating tape is used, obvious down side is removal.
Are you telling me you have never used the same method? Of course not......... .....and even if you had, the evidence would have been with-held or destroyed by now:Shifty:
Good point - self-amalgamating tape. Put it on after you have finished making the connection, apply a little heat from a match, and the effect is much like heatshrink tubing. Self Amalgamating Tape rubber sealing Repair Satalite - 10m Roll car Fusing | eBay
I believe you also said to solder...which is an acceptable way to continue a current path. Twisting together in an unstable environment is not acceptable. From a man who's spent his life in Electronics and test labs (UK, US and EURO). You should see what happens to most electronic gizmos on a vibrating test bed.... A famous conversation.... After a 24 hour soak test. "why did you test just the chassis?" "I didn't" "Oh" The lid, display, transformer and circuit boards were found down the back of the rig.
Thanks Peter, the list of work is adding up! I will bear that in mind for the near future, sounds like a good plan, I can make a temp' connection for the journey and then do it proper. Btw, I'm about to aquire some 2nd hand supercorsa's, probably pick them up this evening hopefully, then remove my wheels and take them to get the tyres swapped over. This of course will involve the Abba stand lugs, so if you don't mind me using them for a few more days? Cheers, mate.
well, from a man that has spent his life taking money from poor customers while offering a life time guarantee. for the motor trade and most applications, i still consider it an acceptable repair. but i hear what yer saying. i have even used it on abs looms where resistance is critical. when i worked on fiats i wasn't allowed to repair looms even tho i was the D.E.T they had to send john mac from fiat technical up to to the repair due to warranty issues. but when a car is out of warranty and a customer is looking at many hundreds of pound to repair what you gonna do?
Nowt wrong with twisting wires together, depends who's doing the twisting! How-To: Splice Wire to NASA Standards - Make: Master a perfect inline wire splice everytime
There is absolutely nothing wrong in splicing wires by twisting them together and soldering them if it is done properly......... .......in fact if you pull a computer apart and examine the wiring I have no doubt that several soldered splices can be found; just as on a Ducati and other bikes and cars within the wiring harnesses. If I am forced to make such a connection, as long as it is tidy and not kinked, resistance or hotspots won't occur........I usually split each end of bare wires into three and virtually braid them together much as a hemp rope would be joined.......then I solder it..........
Indeed you don't need to heat self-amalgamating tape for it to amalgamate, as you rightly say. The point I was making was that you have the option of heating it (e.g. with a match flame) and if you do so it will tighten on the wires it is covering, thus making it an option to using heatshrink sleeving.
You could run some seriously bright indicators using those! I need to do a similar job myself, but I think I will go for these which are enough for normal bulbs: 2 Way 2.8mm Mini Connector Kit BLACK Motorbike Honda Motorcycle Pin Connectors | eBay
Yours look good for my purpose Recidivist. It does look from the photo that you can crimp the wire into the metal part and probably solder as well. Good find, thanks.
Hope this is some help. http://www.toyota-tech.eu/wire_harness_rm/RM06H0E.pdf I spent the best part of the weekend putting in some tow bar electrics in the car, well about 10% of the time putting in the electrics and 90% of the time trying to remove 3 terminals from their respective blocks/housings. I am not sure if the terminals are specific to Toyota - I would guess they are not, but this may give you a clue of which bit to push or not to push to get them out. I have another site/document which I will add if I can find it again. Cheers Gaz
