Topic: rear turn signal ground

[BigAl]

When I bought my 1978 550K4 it had the provisions for bags on the back, although the bags were missing. Thus, it came with no rear turn signals; I'm guessing they were mounted on the bags.  I bought some replacement rear signals off of 4into1 and rigged them up to something that they obviously weren't meant to fit on, but I'm stuck on the ground.  I'm assuming the originals would have had both a ground and power wire?  I see where the grounds are supposed to tie into the "harness" under the seat, they are missing though.  In my head, I'm thinking that I can solder a ground to the bulb holder in the can and run it out with the power wire.  Does that make sense or am I missing something simple?

[jonda500]

That would be a neat solution! The rubber mounted part that they originally fit onto had the ground wire.
John

[BenelliSEI]

Mine were broken off and I did exactly what you suggested.

[BigAl]

Excellent, that sounds like a plan.  I appreciate the input.

[Rayzerman]

There is a small screw holding the bulbholder in the 4-in-1 lamps I have...... I ran a ground wire to that with a small ring terminal.

[BigAl]

Rayzerman, that is exactly what I did as well.  Got everything back in place and was startled by the sound it made when the lights blinked.  I guess I didn't realize that there was a little speaker.....

[Duanob]

Not sure which signals you bought but any two wire should plug into the harness. The green wire connector is the ground, should be plenty of female bullet openings for all. Orange wire goes to left, light blue goes to right.