That probably explains your 8V, a low grade short through old and porous insulation. Bad enough to deprive the lamp of juice but not to blow the fuse. Good job, glad you got it straightened away!ManzanoNissan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:22 amOr in short: not taping the missing section on the negative and just wrapping both wires was the cause.
If you want to post a pic, we have a pretty extensive connector collection at the shop, including a lot of old stuff. I can't raid the boxes for free, but if you can't find the thing anyplace else, maybe I can match it up for you or get you replacement pins.ManzanoNissan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:30 pmI'm thinking the connector is the problem but I can't source one.
Hey VStar did you have a chance to see if you had any connectors at the shop that look like this one?VStar650CL wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:04 amThat looks familiar, I think I recall seeing one of those in the lighting-connector bin. Won't be at the shop till Tuesday, I'll let you know then.
Thank you. There sure is big old hole in our household right now, like our hearts all have "vacancy" lit up in neon.ManzanoNissan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:50 amAw hey man, I'm really sorry. We just lost a kitty a month ago. She was a trooper and had cancer. Still hurts so I get it. No worries on the connector. Take your time. All the best to your family.
You're most welcome. I'll get the stuff on the way back to you. As I mentioned in the PM, if the problem is thinning of the male pins, you can try giving them about a 15 degree axial twist using a hemostat or a very fine needle-nose. That will usually restore good contact by increasing force on the springs in the receptacle. If that doesn't help, then yes, I'd say excising and replacing the wires in the suspect area is the way to go.ManzanoNissan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:41 amYep. I'm thinking I'll just run wire from where these (front marker, headlight, signal marker) split from the harness and see if circumnavigating that area I was test/reading is enough to get the job done. Seeing as I was getting results from probing just a few feet back of the connections, it's likely somewhere in there I've got corrosion built up perhaps from exposed insulation over years.
Thanks for checking this for me and helping to narrow down the issue!
If they're aftermarket, it wouldn't be the first time I saw undersized pins. In fact, it's pretty much endemic with some types of aftermarket connectors like A/C compressor clutches. We had one Max that kept coming back for intermittent compressor dropouts after installing a China compressor, the original tech couldn't figure it out. When it made it to my bay, I found an 0.020" male pin instead of the nominal 0.025". One quick twist and no more issues, after the poor guy spent probably 4 hours fighting with it over the course of three visits.ManzanoNissan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:26 amYeah the signal markers are all brand new though so ...