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Offline asbissonnette

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Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« on: July 11, 2013, 10:02:51 AM »
Excuse all my posts today, just trying to get this thing running! I just rebuilt a 75 cb550. Last night I routed all the wires back in and made all the connections again. It was the end of the night and I just wanted to see the bike light up. So I hooked up the battery (came straight from the trickle charger), flipped the ignition, but nothing would light up. Lights didn't work, starter, indicators, signals, etc.

Like I said, it was really just a quick test and I haven't had a chance to check anything. I don't even have the taillight installed yet. But, before I start tearing apart the rat's nest inside my headlight bucket, is there anything obvious that I could be missing that would cause this? Could it have anything to do with the wires running to the points? I am not sure if I have the wires, that run to the points, installed in the correct order in terms of where the wires fit between the washers, insulators and other wires.

I know I have some troubleshooting to do but is there anything obvious that would cause a complete system blackout? Thanks!
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Offline RebelYankee

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 10:05:40 AM »
This happened to me too and it turned out I forgot to attach the negative battery cable back to the bike.  Can't get more obvious than that!
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 10:08:34 AM »
Or check the fuses.
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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 10:25:28 AM »
Quote from: LesterPiglet on July 11, 2013, 10:08:34 AM
Or check the fuses.

Right.  My CB650 has a 30amp master fuse by the side of the battery box.  It is a flat fuse that looks like a wrench.  When I touched it, it crumbled.  Lucky I had a spare.
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Offline asbissonnette

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 10:25:49 AM »
Negative wire is connected and fuses are the first on my list to check.
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Offline Kenzo1979

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 10:30:21 AM »
You did connect the ignition, right?
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Offline asbissonnette

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 10:33:56 AM »
Yes, the ignition is connected.
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Offline RebelYankee

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 11:17:45 AM »
Do you have a multi-meter?  I would check and make sure that there is power running through the primary 30amp fuse before I did anything else.  Actually, I would check the battery with the multi-meter on the posts first, then with the positive post and a ground somewhere on the bike.  Then I would move on to the primary fuse.
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Offline asbissonnette

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2013, 06:16:36 AM »
Ok, where is the 30amp fuse? I only recall seeing 3 fuses, and the biggest one was 15A.
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2013, 10:38:24 AM »
It only has three fuses. I think earlier models had the single big fuse.
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Offline Kenzo1979

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Re: Bike rewiring, am I missing something?
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2013, 10:45:35 AM »
The 500 had a single fuse (at least the '71 did).  The 550's have 3.
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