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    replacing ground wires, help

    Suzuki 1986 GS450LG

    found that my signal lights were just on, dim and would not flash, I ran a temporay ground from the

    battery to one of them and it brightened up and flashed. I replaced all the grounds to the lights with

    wires to a grounding block near the battery and from there to the battery negative post. Left

    the old ground wires to the signal lights in place .

    I was also having problems with my starter relay, replaced that ground with a heavier one directly to the battery and works much better

    this brings me to the following questions

    1) should I replace or paralell new grounds whereever I can

    2) will it cause any problems if I run new grounds from the coils directly to the grounding block


    3) can I have too many grounds from differnt parts of the frame instrument panel etc. to the grounding block


    I am using a 16 guage wire

    thks

    Loubob

    #2
    Replacing grounds is a bit drastic. I would focus on cleaning all the connectors and plugs, systematically. You can't have too many but neither do you want to be riding a spaghetti bike. Check out Basscliffs site for ideas on harness cleaning and just get stuck in from one end to the other. It will pay off.
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      #3
      the ones I am really concerned about are the coils

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        #4
        Your coils should not be grounded.

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