Probable,

I'm in ignorance here. My Backyard Mechanicness and Lifetime Studentness is coming back online.

multiple storylines are currently running;

the black rear lights I bought to resolve the chrome light (signals) are 3 wire connections vs the 883CN 2 wire connections. Quick research says that the 1 of the 3 wires can simply be bound of and not used. I must figure that out and was going to be lay and use positaps to try to determine which wires were nessesary to used the 3 wire signals on a 2 wire system. I'm assuming 1 of the three wires runs a second filament.... 🤔 learning and backyard wizardry.


Honestly I had already started on the that project and it may be the "cause" of the other "situation". The rear lights have all been removed ... I've probably introduced issues and complications that have me going off in all sorts of wrong directions.

I'll institute so trial an error wizardry for right now

 

One of the three is probably a ground wire. Are they LED turn/brake and running lights? Like 1157 dual filament?

John

 

Where's your multimeter?

Btw, did you resolve that Oil filter adapter issue? (was that it? ... it's been a while )

This is all a bunch of nonsense

 

Get a 12 volt battery and test each pair of wires. Probably correct they are a 1157 replacement.

 

My teachers,... The Big Brains are coming out of the wood works:

 

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Wow, that was 8 years ago



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That madness was timess and deserves its awards for forum nonsense

 

I will check the compression on both cylinders. I forgot i even had a tester.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...l#post16087162

 

Bike just failed the compression test on both cylinders

Front =0 psi
Rear =35 psi

Both should be 150 ~170+ psi. Not good and i dont know where the issue is even starting. lifters? pretty sure its not Pushrods... busted valves?




the adjustable rods seem ok, locked and tight. I checked them as well but felt no play in the lifters...

 

This thread started well before my time here, lots of work and a super clean bike and cool vibe. Diggy.

bummer on the comp test.