Oil Filter Cover

[Drenski]

Hi there. Newbie here. Thanks in advance for the help I'm about to receive.

I have a 1980GS250T I'm trying to resurrect. A friend of mine gave it to me stating it would cost more to fix it than it's worth. Sounded like the perfect tinker toy to me.

The stator was toast and so it has been replaced and the side cover reinstalled with new gasket. I was about to pour the new oil in when I noticed a round..... not sure how to describe it. It's a round section on the outside of the cover that matches up with a round section on the inside of the cover. It almost looks like it was designed as a "knock out" to then cut some threads and add a cooler or something. I'm assuming you all know what I'm talking about. Am I suppose to install the cover in a certain way?

Also, I just noticed this. The wires on the new stator are all yellow however the wires on the old stator are white/green, white/blue and yellow. Can someone tell me which wires connect to which? Also attached is a pic of the old stator.

Thanks in advance. Eric

 

[bwringer]

In both cases, it doesn't matter.

Seriously.

The oil filter cover can be "clocked" any old way and it's fine. I don't know if anyone knows why that round whatsit is part of the cover casting.

As to the stator, that also does not matter. The yellow "output" wires from the stator can be connected in any order to the "input" wires in the harness.

That said, please read The Stator Papers, (re-read until understanding begins to dawn) and carefully inspect for and address the other deficiencies and burned wires and connectors you'll almost certainly find in the wiring harness. The bullet connectors on the stator wires are a bad design and WILL fail; replace with spade terminals, or solder and heat shrink the wires directly. Most of us replace the regulator/rectifier as well with an SH775.