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I'm currently knees deep in my first XS project. I was given an '80 G My grandpa's, and he had parked it in the garage for about 10 years. The motor on it needed completely rebuilt thanks to my cousin removing three plugs, breaking off the fourth and then just leaving the block exposed to outside air for a few years. Midway through tear-down on that machine, I found a '79 Special in a nearby town for only $300.
I rebuilt the carbs, and it runs like a champ... Only, someone got into the electrical. there's a toggle switch down by the fuses that acts as the kill switch. None of the lights work. Tach quit working. Battery is not charging (new battery went dead a few rides). And, there's a wire in one of the Ignition Unit connectors that shorts out when you look at it wrong.
My question to the XS veterans on the forum here is this:
Would I be able to swap the harness from the '80Gto the '79SF?
I've done some studying, and the wiring diagrams are very similar. It looks like I would possibly have to use the instrument cluster from the '80 and the handlebar controls on the '79 are tore up and I could use the ones off the '80 for that as well.
I've searched the forum quite a bit trying to see if someone has already addressed this issue. If I'm treading on old ground, I apologize, and I'd appreciate a link to the discussion.
I rebuilt the carbs, and it runs like a champ... Only, someone got into the electrical. there's a toggle switch down by the fuses that acts as the kill switch. None of the lights work. Tach quit working. Battery is not charging (new battery went dead a few rides). And, there's a wire in one of the Ignition Unit connectors that shorts out when you look at it wrong.
My question to the XS veterans on the forum here is this:
Would I be able to swap the harness from the '80Gto the '79SF?
I've done some studying, and the wiring diagrams are very similar. It looks like I would possibly have to use the instrument cluster from the '80 and the handlebar controls on the '79 are tore up and I could use the ones off the '80 for that as well.
I've searched the forum quite a bit trying to see if someone has already addressed this issue. If I'm treading on old ground, I apologize, and I'd appreciate a link to the discussion.
I had just never been taught that technique. 
I had just removed the (+) First, because that's where the "Juice" comes from and so I wanted to disconnect it....but I "now" understand the safety aspect of removing the (-) first so as to not accidentally GROUND/SHORT a tool or something to the (+) terminal of the battery and the Frame with the GROUND(-) still connected! 
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