No more OEM Fuseblock

[Rooster]

You know as an electrician I'd have to say i think I've seen that kind of work before on DGXSER's bike, thank God it's not in a house this time.

[ddragon63]

You know as an electrician I'd have to say i think I've seen that kind of work before on DGXSER's bike, thank God it's not in a house this time.

I tore into a Lincoln LN25 wire feeder today that the customer tried to repair himself.. the feeder took a tumble @ the job sight and broke the wire speed (rheostat) control off. so he went to the "DEPOT" and bought himself a Rheostat to try and jery rig it. I should have taken pictures of it. Unfortunately I've become numb to these things. Nothing much surprises me anymore. It was a mess of black tape and random wires they found laying around. When the speaker wire they tried burnt up they finally brought it in for a "professional" to work on

[DAVINCI]

The fuse box replacement is one of the easiest, cheapest, and rewarding things you can do to these old girls. 10 bucks from TC and half hour of your time will prevent many posts asking why this and that. Trust me it is a worthwhile endeavor.

rasputin, that's only true if you know WTF you're doing. Some do more harm than good.I'm reminded of the thread that starts out.."I'm no electrician, but I ripped out my whole harness..and now...."

[Rasputin]

rasputin, that's only true if you know WTF you're doing. Some do more harm than good.I'm reminded of the thread that starts out.."I'm no electrician, but I ripped out my whole harness..and now...."

True enough. I am not always thinking some guys do not have the experience or abilities that I presume they have. That said I will change every bike I work on, or own to have the newer fuseblock simply because I can, and I think it to be one of the best mods yet .

[je2wheeler]

drips of gas in the airbox thing

Improvments, now the blinkers blink even at idle, the headlight seems brighter, doesent pop through the exaust now and the nutral light doesnt fliker. Just wish it could stop the dirps of gas in the airbox thing

I had that problem and noticed when I took down the carbs again that the float valves had over the years had worn a slight divot in the float tang. The float valves were sticking on the divots just enough to allow one or more of the carbs to overflow. I lightly sanded the tangs with a Dremel and the highest number sanding wheel I could find ‘til the divots were gone, keeping the tang surface as flat as possible. Then polished the tangs to a mirror finish just enough to erase any signs of the sanding. That problem salved. Don’t forget to check float adjustments. My back-up plan if I goobered up this project was to solder the thinnest square of brass to the goobered tang. But my first plan worked. The cost of replacement floats had me sweating bullets.

[XS1100_OEM4ME]

Gas

Ya, I checked that and polished them, polished the shafts on the retainer pins, pollished the float mounting towers, then pollished off a 5th of JD

I had that problem and noticed when I took down the carbs again that the float valves had over the years had worn a slight divot in the float tang. The float valves were sticking on the divots just enough to allow one or more of the carbs to overflow. I lightly sanded the tangs with a Dremel and the highest number sanding wheel I could find ‘til the divots were gone, keeping the tang surface as flat as possible. Then polished the tangs to a mirror finish just enough to erase any signs of the sanding. That problem salved. Don’t forget to check float adjustments. My back-up plan if I goobered up this project was to solder the thinnest square of brass to the goobered tang. But my first plan worked. The cost of replacement floats had me sweating bullets.

[XS1100_OEM4ME]

Shrink wrap

I am going to put the shrink wrap on the term ends, cant hurt and cheap insurance, thanks to all who shamed me into it

[thumperjsa]

I got lazy a few years back when I was sick of what my fuse block looked like and replaced them all with individual inline blade fuse connectors. Yours looks a lot cleaner and maybe I will eventually change it to that. What I like is it would be easier to add the accessory stuff that way too. Thanks for the idea.

[jetmechmarty]

I see Parts-N-More no longer lists an OEM replacement fuse box. I went that way with a couple of XS650's because going to the blade box wasn't going to be as straight forward as the XS11. Those new boxes work great too. I just have to be vigilant because in 25 years or so, the fuse holders might fall apart again!

Parts-N-More might still have the box, but I have trouble finding anything on their site.