Pollmann
1982 XS400
Hey guys,
I am having some trouble wiring up a tail light for my 1982 Yamaha XS400 Heritage Special. I bought a new aftermarket brake light and it came with a black wire, a yellow wire and red wire. I "think" it is black=ground, red=brake, yellow=running. Now, the stock tail light has two separate bulbs for each the brake light and the running light. It has two blue wires, a yellow wire, and a black wire. Again, I am guessing it is black=ground, 2x blue=brake, yellow=running.
I attempted to wire it up as follows:
STOCK AFTERMARKET
black------>black
yellow----->yellow
2x blue---->red
This wiring ended up leaving me with a running light, but no brake light when the pedal is pushed. I tried swapping the yellow to a blue and the other yellow to the red but that came out with the same results. I am not very experienced at wiring so I'd really appriciate some help if anyone could shine some light on my troubles. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the double blue wires
Thank you, Eric
I am having some trouble wiring up a tail light for my 1982 Yamaha XS400 Heritage Special. I bought a new aftermarket brake light and it came with a black wire, a yellow wire and red wire. I "think" it is black=ground, red=brake, yellow=running. Now, the stock tail light has two separate bulbs for each the brake light and the running light. It has two blue wires, a yellow wire, and a black wire. Again, I am guessing it is black=ground, 2x blue=brake, yellow=running.
I attempted to wire it up as follows:
STOCK AFTERMARKET
black------>black
yellow----->yellow
2x blue---->red
This wiring ended up leaving me with a running light, but no brake light when the pedal is pushed. I tried swapping the yellow to a blue and the other yellow to the red but that came out with the same results. I am not very experienced at wiring so I'd really appriciate some help if anyone could shine some light on my troubles. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the double blue wires
Thank you, Eric