Follow up to "electrical mystery" + free OMFG

[Gene Weygandt]

IDK whether to laff or cry. My buddy, strictly a car guy, had kindly listened to me for the past couple months, and was curious. And a being decent, generous, sensible fellow, looked on YouTube and just typed in a simple question about FJR brake lights not working...



Fifteen minutes later my brake lights are fine and the temp gauge back to normal.

of course I still have to reinstall my aftermarket flashing brake lights, my running lights, and my charger pigtail...and the side panel they broke at the dealership. But other than that and the $320 I spent for seven weeks of storage in August and September, I've only missed about half the riding season and we've had our first frost, but other than all that...

 

[Rogue]

Great that you got it fixed but sad that the mechanic never tested the break light switch!

 

[RossKean]

Was the brake light switch recall not done on your bike? That was an early suggestion in the original thread.
Glad it is sorted out and I was sure it was a simple problem. (Sometimes the most frustrating sort.)

 

[Dan Cooper]

Gene,

It would have been SO MUCH BETTER if you would have added this follow up to the end of the previous thread that has all the history leading up to this revelation. Might ask the moderators to merge this onto the end of the original thread.

https://www.fjrforum.com/threads/electrical-mystery-brake-lights-06-fjr.182042/page-2#post-1469501

dan

 

[Gene Weygandt]

Great that you got it fixed but sad that the mechanic never tested the break light switch!

kinda unbelievable. I'd suggested cleaning the rear / foot switch but never thought to tell him to do both. Oy forking vey

 

[Gene Weygandt]

Gene,

It would have been SO MUCH BETTER if you would have added this follow up to the end of the previous thread that has all the history leading up to this revelation. Might ask the moderators to merge this onto the end of the original thread.

https://www.fjrforum.com/threads/electrical-mystery-brake-lights-06-fjr.182042/page-2#post-1469501

dan

Oh. I didn't realize and last night after I came back in the house SMFH, I was sorta not wanting to post something at the bottom of the original. I knew several guys were interested, but last night as I typed I was still thinking of it as "my" problem. But this morning it's obv that lotsa guys could have this same issue. Anyway thanx for the good advice on the post!

 

[Gene Weygandt]

Was the brake light switch recall not done on your bike? That was an early suggestion in the original thread.
Glad it is sorted out and I was sure it was a simple problem. (Sometimes the most frustrating sort.)

No idea. I'm the second owner and I'd thought the recall was on part of the harness. But yeah. Pretty frustrating. As my dad would've said when we got it back together and functioning properly, "I didn't know whether to s__t or go blind." But instead of either of those options, I'm gonna go ride and be grateful.

 

[tschutter]

Man Gene, what an ordeal. Good for you having a positive additude. Riding is always the best response.

 

[Gene Weygandt]

Great that you got it fixed but sad that the mechanic never tested the break light switch!

when I returned the wrong side panel they'd ordered (sheesh), and told them about the actual fix they said he did test the switch.... apparently, he just didn't clean the pin nor the housing. Oy forking vey

 

[Gene Weygandt]

Man Gene, what an ordeal. Good for you having a positive additude. Riding is always the best response.

truth...and so for the past couple days I've been all over the Illinois River valley and every curvy country road, in my neck o' the woods. The corn is mostly down and the big grain trucks rolling. And my brain has almost processed this ...um...escapade? adventure? cluster fork? Yesterday, my buddy the car guy "helped" (read: did it mostly himself) get the old Skene flashing brake lights going again. Now we have to figure out why the Hella running lights don't work. There's two wires to one of the leads and and one wire to the other lead, which seems like it ought to be the two lights and one ground. Even tried switching wires to the opposite battery posts. NG...But that's for another day. The plastic's back on and we're looking at another ten days of great riding weather here in the middle west. Thanx to all for the relplies and chat!