• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

'Autopsy' time ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter GS650GTGS850G
  • Start date Start date
G

GS650GTGS850G

Guest
Buying a bike that has sat around for a few years AND passed through the hands of a couple of owners whilst a non-runner is clearly a risky business but educational ...

Was it abandoned because of a newer/faster bike coming along?
Was it parked up because several small jobs needed doing?
Or was there a mega-problem that is waiting to be revealed ?

My circa-1983 GS850GZ is at that stage where I don't yet know ...

I have cleaned out the mucky fuel tank and blocked/stuck tap.
Decided to check out the electrics first.
I've rebuilt the indicator/horn/dip switch. That was fun - with tiny springs appearing from within plus one tiny ball bearing.
Cleaned all the contacts, reassembled correctly at the second attempt.
(Don't attempt it unless you are patient, have good eyesight and are good at assembling very small components.)
Put battery on and took spark plugs out. (Sprayed WD40 down bores the previous day)
Switched on, have now got a complete set of lights and motor turned over.

Decided today to take carbs off completely and clean out stale fuel residue.
Lots of muck left behind in float chamber and main jets. Cleaning out with cellulose thinners.

BUT ... noticed that two wires, yellow and red, were melted together just above the central white plastic plug near the fuse box. Am 99% sure these are 2 of the 4 wires connected to the regulator/rectifier. Also noticed 15amp main fuse had been replaced with a 30amp. Not a good sign.

Autopsy time.
Is this a clear sign that the stator has died (or only the reg/rect itself) and is this the reason the GS was laid up several years ago ?
 
Last edited:
The melted wires would seem to favour the reg\rect as being the culprit.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top