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Thanks Spotty, I think you're right. I'm going to use the wire in the old loom to keep most of the colour coding right, will resistance test the pieces first to check for damage.
Hillsy I went to Jaycar today, unfortunately they don't have those connectors. I'm reasonably happy with what I've got, should look nice and neat with a bit of shrink wrap on it.
Honda still sell the factory connectors and at a reasonable price as well, they are a slightly larger size to the stuff you get in Jaycar etc, at least the ones on my CX are.
Fair bit of effort today but not much to see. Spent a good few hours tweaking the seat, getting it as uniform as possible around the frame rails before I put body filler on. Lots of hammering, checking and a bit of welding. It's not 100% perfect but its good enough I hope.
After lunch I made a bracket for the starter solenoid so I can tack weld it to the battery box along with all the other electricals which are on there way now (except the combined rec/reg which I still need to get):
It's stinking hot here in Sydney today so I've retired inside to watch a bit of the cricket with a cold beer
Ooooo! 68 would be nice! Today we hit a balmy 34.8 degrees c (95f). On Tuesday it's going to top out at 42c (108f)!!!
Wiring is going to get completely redone I think PJ too, probably going to keep the stock loom as a backup and try making my own custom loom from scratch. I've got a fair bit of wire here already, just a few more rolls of various colours, a few more blocks and joiners and I should be good to go.
I've bought 10a wire for the smaller stuff, will that be ok? I realise I need thicker stuff for the battery and starter but it seems like everything else is 2.2mm on the stock loom so 4mm 10a seems plenty to me.
Hey Neevo, I went to an auto wrecker and bought the complete wiring loom off a wrecked car for $50. It gave me a huge amount of multiple colours. If you can't match the original honda colours you can just make a note of what colour you used. e.g. blue honda wire replaced with yellow mazda wire or whatever. Saves you having to buy multiple spools of different colours plus you end up with enough wire for the next 10 projects!! ;D
DB, I did the same thing for decades now, but never paid anywhere close to that price
I have also been known to buy say an R6 wiring loom off ebay if I can get it cheaply enough and then I unravel that and use the wires and maybe a couple of connectors, but they are usually in the wrong places and end up being cut off anyway..
Most of the wiring only has to carry 2~3 amps or less
5 amp will be fine as it's thinner plus more flexible.(I would use 10a for lighting circuits though)
Hey Neevo, I went to an auto wrecker and bought the complete wiring loom off a wrecked car for $50. It gave me a huge amount of multiple colours. If you can't match the original honda colours you can just make a note of what colour you used. e.g. blue honda wire replaced with yellow mazda wire or whatever. Saves you having to buy multiple spools of different colours plus you end up with enough wire for the next 10 projects!! ;D
Yep that's the plan PJ. R6 headlight dimmer control has low beam always on and switch relay to turn it off and turn on high beam. Bit more complicated than the 400F but it looks like I'm starting from scratch anyway so may as well make it work as intended.
Yeah second to that, are there some mega small ones that can be used for items like the switches on the handlebars. They currently use very small connectors.
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