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Noted. I was wondering why the fuse block has two extra slots. There's also a white wire(cloth wrapped) that just goes to nothing. I plan on a frame off cafe build this winter if I don't sell it, so the wiring just has to get me through the summer
Found the problem! Dash lights were flickering when moved around wires. See that big glob of melted plastic? There were two bullet-style connectors wrapped in a heap of electrical tape that melted. I put new ends on all the wires and she fired up as normal. I installed my new solenoid since I...
Went out for a ride today and ended up pushing the bike 4 miles back home! Was merging on to a busy road and it just died while giving it decent throttle. Looks to be like an electrical short somewhere in the mess of wires under the seat. The bike starts right up for a second, will stay running...
Check your vacuum line from the peacock to the carb boot and check the rubber plug in the other carb boot. Make sure all clamps on the intake are tight.
Black 1978 Yamaha xs400 with less than 8100 original miles.
The bad...
-Tach cable broke off(have new one)
-Previous owner hacked off the chain guard
-slight damage to the headlight(see picture)
-two small dents in tank
-have to hold the choke out, no preset position(needs ball/spring)
New...
Started cleaning up the motor on the black one and started pulling parts off to remove the motor on the red parts bike for a rebuild. I've noticed they're two different styles. Not entirely sure why, just an observation
78 XS400 special
78 XS400-2E
Well now that I'm done throwing my temper tantrum and I've relaxed a little, friday I ended up buying the bike back. I was determined to get it running good so I worked on it until it was good. Here's what I found
-ended up removing the rubber vibration dampener under the battery because the...
Charged the battery at home and went to the bike again today after work. Rode it around for 20 minutes. Here's my findings
-tach not working(new cable)
-battery not charging(new yuasa battery)
-having to nearly redline the bike to get it to stay running when I let the clutch out
So I have been...
I only have access to the bike for a couple hours in the morning each day since its in my storage unit. That's why it's taking so freaking long to do stupid small things