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Posted by donn1862 on April 12, 2008, 9:36 am
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> > i'll start from the begining its a 1978 Honda 185cc Twinstar. i got it
> > from a
> > guy where it had been siting in a barn for 10 years 2500 miles great
> > condition for an original 30 year old bike. when i got it the lights wer=
e
> > funky, sometimes they would work sometimes they wouldnt sometimes they
> > would
> > work the opposite, so i replaced all the bulbs and that didnt help, the
> > starter did work. i get it out this spring and none of the lights work a=
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> > all
> > and the starter dosnt work so i hooked a charger up to it to see if it
> > wosn't
> > making enough juice but that didnt work, i used a continuety light in th=
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> > bulb sockets and its enough to light that up and it works right all the
> > swiitches except the turn signals dont flash, i noticed the taillight
> > filiment was burned out so i got a new one and now the filiment glows
> > orange
> > like a burning orange. any help to get this old gas saver legal thanks
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> Aside from making sure you've got a good battery (after all that time,
> forget about re-filling and re-charging the old one -- spring for a new on=
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> and charge it before installing it), possible problems could include bad
> (loose, corroded, whatever) contacts and generally bad ground(s). The
> exposed ends of the wires (where they go into the contact clips) could hav=
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> corroded, so when you replace contacts, make sure you remove enough
> insulation to make sure the ends of the wires (where you wouldn't normally=
> see them) are clean.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Don't forget to clean the switch itself. They get corrupted when it
sits that long.
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