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Fuse box problems with my 78 1000

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OK put the battery in my 78 GS1000 to see if everything was good.Neutral and oil lights came on,sigs worked.But when I hit the starter.
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This happened to the fuses.
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Did I wire the wrong red lead in this bundle to the R/R?Would it matter?
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Would putting this fuse box from a 83 GS 750 be a good idea?
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Wires appear to be the same "codes".
Or an I missing something?:-k
 
OK 18 views with no thoughts as to what might be going on?
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This box is suspect as I took it apart to clean it up per BassCliff's article I found this.
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Seemed to solder up OK but starting to think this might be the problem.
 
Yup...looks to me that the wire had been pinched and shorts soon as the power is applied.
 
And yes, I would certainly replace the glass fuse block with an AGC fuse block if I had the opportunity.
 
chuck hahn said:
Yup...looks to me that the wire had been pinched and shorts soon as the power is applied.
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Think that wire was "nicked" by a hot soldering iron.

koolaid_kid said:
And yes, I would certainly replace the glass fuse block with an AGC fuse block if I had the opportunity.
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Yeah the more I'm thinking about it the better this is looking to me as well.I see more soldering and shrink wrapping om my future.Seems like all I've been doing lately.
 
Good Times said:
I thought I would never finish that part of my build.

Just a note. I upgraded my fuseblock to an Eastern Beaver PC-8. Great little piece of craftsmanship there. More expensive but they are nice units. I suggest them whole-heartedly.

I got one with a relay kit.

http://www.easternbeaver.com/main/products/fuseboxes/pc-8/pc-8.html
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Yeah those are a nice bit of kit.But the advantages of the 750 box are:
1 I have it here
2 It don't need to pay for it
3 I already know where the wires go.
4 Standard blade fuses I can get nearly anywhere.Noticed the EB has "mini" ones.I'm sure they aren't hard to get but..........
In no way knocking Eastern Beaver's product but I think the 750 box will be just fine.
 
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Finally got around to getting this done.Here's the plate I'm using to mount the 83 750 box to.
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And here it is mounted.Didn't have the oomph to put the battery in and check it out.:o
PSS:Crossing my fingers and toes that this works.
 
And it does!:dancing:Was a bit of bother with a blown igition fuse but another one fixed that up nicely.:D:D:D
 
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