Hi all,
The last week starting Sunday morning and ending last Wed night was an interesting one for me to say the least.
I won't tell the entire story here now though cos it's multi facetted with a number of twists and turns. What I did want some help with though was deciding which option I should take now so as to get my bike back up and running again.
Basically what happened was, I was stranded in a small Aussie Town called Rylstone (approx' 150 Klm's NW of Sydney) whilst I waited for another after market regulator rectifier to arrive. This is obviously because cos the unit I did have decided it simply didn't want to play anymore.[/image]
Anyway, by itself that was fine cos the town was a little beauty, most of the people were great and I could just chill out and wait for the new part to arrive.
So thinking it would be a simple fix provided they sent me the same unit, the only car mechanic in Rylston said it shouldn't be any problems him sorting it out provided I organised the part.
Unfortunately what he said and what he felt like doing once the unit arrived were two different things. That's because after two days the new regulator did arrive and low and behold it has two plugs and more wires. Then the 'next to useless' naysayer mechanic who said he would sort it out for me all of a sudden decided he was just a bit too busy to help me out just now.
Right, "I wished he'd said that three days ago cos I would have had my bike taken to a bike shop 70klm's south and not stuffed around being involved with this goon.
So, not knowing what the wiring on the old unit was like given it's hard to see and access when you're working on the ground (not lifted up) and you're out in the hot Aussie sun, I commence getting to work trying to replace it myself. Well after 10 minutes I was able to unplug the old unit and like I said, the wiring is different isn't it.
That's when I though I might see if that weasel of a mechanic might just have some knowledge in auto electrical stuff but nooooo, "I've got no idea" was his unsurprising reply.
Great. Here I am getting sunburnt the bejesus out of, my back is telling me get me some more pain meds into ya, and I've got this mechanic bloke who I want to snot just because he a useless wanker who I'd wished had said I should take my bike elsewhere.
Well rather than make the situation worse even though if I was a betting man I probably could have rewired the old plug, I decided to err on the side of caution and simply organis a tow home via flat bed truck. After all it free and covered by my roadside service membership.
Alright then, I've been home for a few days and now I'd really appreciate if there was any real mechanics out there who didn't mind helping me out.
So this is the go, as you can see I have taken a photo of both regulators below and which you may notice the now u/s unit on the left has only one connector with 3 x yellow wires, 1 x red and 1 x black. The new unit on the right on the other hand has two plugs with one plug having 3 x yellow wires whilst the other plug has 2 x green and 2 x red wires.
Like I said, my hunch is this: The 3 x yellow wires mimic the other units 3 x yellow wires. That leaves the old unit with one red or positive wire and one black or negative wire. Well to me it appears the new unit simply has an extra positive (red) and negative (green) wire which I don't reckon would be that hard to cut and splice the male plug onto. That's of course if the wires do match as I've explained.
So the advice I'm after is, i.e. Do the yellow wires of both units match as they appear they should? Similarly, are the red wires of both units compatible and is the black of the original unit compatible with the green wires?
One thing I don't want to do is make the situation worse i.e. cutting and splicing the incorrect wires together and perhaps doing more damage to my electrics.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out here and btw, if you aren't certain please say cos another week either exchanging the unit or confirming the wiring is right, is no big deal.
Stacka
