Just removed the Vetter fairing from my Wing to find a rats nest of wiring mess connecting the faring relay into the main wiring harness.
- The rats nest
- the hunk
1977 GL1000 Headlight Mess
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keaton_taylor
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1977 GL1000 Headlight Mess
Hi all. New to the forum, new to a Goldwing as of last week!
Just removed the Vetter fairing from my Wing to find a rats nest of wiring mess connecting the faring relay into the main wiring harness.
And while the headlight pan and assembly in general exists there's just a big block of 2 heatsinked connectors that are definitely not 3 prong headlight connectors.
Any resources on unraveling this mess or am I better off giving my local mechanic a few hundred bucks to sort it out for me. Also, I'm color blind.... so there's that.
Just removed the Vetter fairing from my Wing to find a rats nest of wiring mess connecting the faring relay into the main wiring harness.
And while the headlight pan and assembly in general exists there's just a big block of 2 heatsinked connectors that are definitely not 3 prong headlight connectors.
Any resources on unraveling this mess or am I better off giving my local mechanic a few hundred bucks to sort it out for me. Also, I'm color blind.... so there's that.
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SnoBrdr
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Re: 1977 GL1000 Headlight Mess
Was gonna tell you to get the color coded wiring diagram but obviously that's not gonna work.keaton_taylor wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:12 pm Hi all. New to the forum, new to a Goldwing as of last week!
Just removed the Vetter fairing from my Wing to find a rats nest of wiring mess connecting the faring relay into the main wiring harness.
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And while the headlight pan and assembly in general exists there's just a big block of 2 heatsinked connectors that are definitely not 3 prong headlight connectors.
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Any resources on unraveling this mess or am I better off giving my local mechanic a few hundred bucks to sort it out for me. Also, I'm color blind.... so there's that.
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keaton_taylor
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- Joined: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:10 pm
- Location: Joplin, MO
- Motorcycle: 1977 GL1000 (my first wing)
Re: 1977 GL1000 Headlight Mess
I'm gonna try it out. white and blue look... a little too similar under my garage light. Gonna bring in several alternate sources of light to make sure I don't blow something up
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badandy
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1982 GL500I
1983 VT500 Shadow
Re: 1977 GL1000 Headlight Mess
The worst you can do is blow your 30A main fuse repeatedly. If it already hasn't been converted to a modern spade style I would do that first. Its an easy mod and it gets rid of the dated "dog bone" fuse.
Mine looked like a rats nest as well when I brought my first Wing home last year. Lots of solderless connectors which I am not a fan of and lots of twist splices covered in electrical tape. All connections have been soldered and covered with marine heat shrink tubing. Took a while to clean it up, but one plug disconnects the fairing for easy removal.
Mine looked like a rats nest as well when I brought my first Wing home last year. Lots of solderless connectors which I am not a fan of and lots of twist splices covered in electrical tape. All connections have been soldered and covered with marine heat shrink tubing. Took a while to clean it up, but one plug disconnects the fairing for easy removal.