My 1985 died on me about 100 miles from the house, and found the rectifier had ruptured and fried the connectors as well. The new rectifier comes with the male plug, but can anyone point me towards a supplier of the female connector? It's melted...
thanks for the reply, I thought about that but thought I'd ask for advice 1st...was uncertain about just clipping the male connector off a new rectifier...I went ahead and pulled the wires out after I labeled them...as you can tell from the pic there was a heat problem. I'll check out the link and make a decision, thanx!You can solder new connectors and then just wrap/heat shrink the connections and never have to worry about it again. The connectors are a common problem as they get dirty and the heat that comes along with the bad connection can damage the components. If you're sold on connectors, you can find them here: Connectors - Vintage Connections
Haha, my bad...I took everything out and cleaned all the connections, put everything back, and now have 14v again...I realized that the first time I hooked it all up, I'd left the rectifier dangling and it wasn't getting a ground. Back to the old one, I took all that off when I pulled my tank to get it lined, and I painted the footpeg...since it grounds through the body of the rectifier, it wasn't getting a good ground then either. I suspect that is why the other one burned up so badly...It's nice and cool to the touch now, hopefully it'll last awhilewell crap. so I put on the new rectifier, and started the bike...was getting 13.5v, when the voltage dropped. touched the rectifier and it nearly burned my finger...pretty sure i wired it right...guess i need to go back to the stator and see what it looks like in there? Bummer...and one2dmax, Im gonna need that upgrade!! pretty sure Ive roasted that one.
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