Drewcifer
1976 XS 360 Maniac
So I've been tinkering with my charging system since it's gone kaflooey.
I let the smoke out of an old voltage regulator. My brother owned the bike previously and is overprotective, so he shot me another used reg off ebay from his office up north in seattle on friday afternoon. I had it monday. It didn't fix the problem.
I also put in the r-292 (aka vr 291) after market regulator, trying to get around the issue of old electronics. That would have worked if I'd hooked it up, but instead, tired and bleary eyed one night, I actually connected the new after market reg to the old dead one's wires, as it was still installed. I was so tired I thought I was connecting it to the loom.
I rewired the stator, and corrected the zero ohms I was getting in resistance. Now I am getting about 1.8. A bit high, but still legit. The field coil shows me 5.1 ohms resistance, instead of the quoted 4. Again, these are both high and going to toss the amps off but i have no choice.
A lot of guys have helped me on the forum so far. Thanks to Pseudomonkey, Frwinks, and especially Jedi Drewpy for messages and rescue. You guys are all welcome to hang in Hermosa Beach anytime and I'll take you for a pint. It was Campbells success in activating his coil directly that got me thinking.
Finally I figured I'd just add positive to the field coil wire at it closest possible point, in other words, not at the regulator connection green wire, not at the loom leaving the regulator going back to the plug to the coil, but at the coil connection itself.
SEE THAT? IF YOU'RE STUCK, BYPASS EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE REGULATOR.
BINGO! INSTANT CHARGING VOLTS. I did notice the engine revved much more slowly, but it was charging, that was for sure. At 2500 rpm, 14.23 volts. So the stator and coil are legit.
I suspect I have a bad connection somewhere between the loom as it connects to the regulator and the return from the regulator to the coil connector (four wires there, the coil in and out, the oil sensor light wire, and the neutral wire.) I'm going to test the continuity on the green wires and find the break/leak/short.
If I can find the break I can get the voltage to charge all the time and the bike will be back in form. Hoping I didn't short the new voltage regulator I got from O'reilly.
Hopefully I find a broken wire and the aftermarket is in fact the right unit to replace the old stock.
Thanks to all the guys.
I let the smoke out of an old voltage regulator. My brother owned the bike previously and is overprotective, so he shot me another used reg off ebay from his office up north in seattle on friday afternoon. I had it monday. It didn't fix the problem.
I also put in the r-292 (aka vr 291) after market regulator, trying to get around the issue of old electronics. That would have worked if I'd hooked it up, but instead, tired and bleary eyed one night, I actually connected the new after market reg to the old dead one's wires, as it was still installed. I was so tired I thought I was connecting it to the loom.
I rewired the stator, and corrected the zero ohms I was getting in resistance. Now I am getting about 1.8. A bit high, but still legit. The field coil shows me 5.1 ohms resistance, instead of the quoted 4. Again, these are both high and going to toss the amps off but i have no choice.
A lot of guys have helped me on the forum so far. Thanks to Pseudomonkey, Frwinks, and especially Jedi Drewpy for messages and rescue. You guys are all welcome to hang in Hermosa Beach anytime and I'll take you for a pint. It was Campbells success in activating his coil directly that got me thinking.
Finally I figured I'd just add positive to the field coil wire at it closest possible point, in other words, not at the regulator connection green wire, not at the loom leaving the regulator going back to the plug to the coil, but at the coil connection itself.
SEE THAT? IF YOU'RE STUCK, BYPASS EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE REGULATOR.
BINGO! INSTANT CHARGING VOLTS. I did notice the engine revved much more slowly, but it was charging, that was for sure. At 2500 rpm, 14.23 volts. So the stator and coil are legit.
I suspect I have a bad connection somewhere between the loom as it connects to the regulator and the return from the regulator to the coil connector (four wires there, the coil in and out, the oil sensor light wire, and the neutral wire.) I'm going to test the continuity on the green wires and find the break/leak/short.
If I can find the break I can get the voltage to charge all the time and the bike will be back in form. Hoping I didn't short the new voltage regulator I got from O'reilly.
Hopefully I find a broken wire and the aftermarket is in fact the right unit to replace the old stock.
Thanks to all the guys.