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XS1100 Topics => Modifications => Topic started by: Tim on March 11, 2015, 07:58:03 PM
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Hi all as the tittle suggests I've procured a set of square clocks off a 78 the idea is to swap them out with my round ones this will be a time consuming task working off 2 sets of wiring diagrams
the fuel sender units between the square and round clocks vary the rounds have a single light my thought on this is leave the sender unit as is and just rig up an extra light on the dash some where
so before I start making a mess has any one done this mod and have any advise/diagrams of the swap
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Ev has done something similar, very time consuming and need your wits about you as not to set fire to anything,
we were going to try fitting existing RH rounds to donated std wiring harness with the flood victim but went with a set of squares to suit, far to hard and not enough time,
if doing for the hell of it, leave as is, yours is a 78 any way no? might find the menagerie of wires is to set the rounds up, pull all that off and you might be able to plug and play
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Thanks for your wise words Steptoe ,I've thought it through looked at the wiring and figured there maybe 2 or 3 looms running through the bike so rounds it is
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You could get a standard loom from joes motorcycle wreckers in Canberra, replace the loom (plug and play) and put in squares.
Sounds like a good Worksop day in Wellington? :D
We could get the bits between us and marry them up in the car park or next to an undercover barbie.
Just an idea :-*
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Tim, as Steptoe attested, it's a very time consuming procedure.
I did the swap on mine through neccessity some time ago but it took about a week to get it sorted. (I had a full head of hair when I started, too!!)
Just out of curiousity, can you get some photos of the connector blocks where the instrument wiring plugs into the main harness?
As yours is an 80G, it should have originally had the square guages on it, and it would show if either your main harness has been changed, and the guages swapped to suit, or there's been a mini adapter loom added, or the wiring has been murdered using a shi*load of bullet connectors to lace it all together.
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ok XSIIE and Eveready's posts may offer an opportunity to swap out heres some pics of the loom at the head light bucket and exstenions to the outfit see what you can make out of it
http://s775.photobucket.com/user/shaqumall/slideshow/square%20clocks (http://s775.photobucket.com/user/shaqumall/slideshow/square%20clocks)
I'm thinking the connector blocks have been changed ,on another note on closer inspection of the bike whilst rigging up a water resistant connector for the neutral wire mode I found a heat senor tapped into the back of the sump pan the light on the guage works but no temp reading and hints on the wiring run maybe a dropped connector somewhere
thanks Tim