84 KZ 550 blowing fuses
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fuses in the fuse box. The guy I bought it from rode it over here last
week and I got it started after he left. He's coming over tomorrow to
look at it, so I'm pretty sure he hasn't done anything underhanded. The
day after I bought it, it wouldn't start. I had the battery checked,
and it was depleted. I bought a new one and charged it at home. After
putting that in the bike, it still wouldn't start. I then noticed the
first fuse was blown so I replaced the 10A fuse with a 14A one. As soon
as it made contact with the bike, it blew. I've checked all the wiring
and can't find a short anywhere. No matter how I do it, if there is a
fuse in the slot and the battery is hooked up, the fuse blows. Any
ideas?
Isaac
The Older Gentleman
It might help us if you told us what the first of the five fuses is
supposed to take care of. Look at a manual.
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Mark Olson
> <comted...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > I've got an 84 Kawasaki KZ 550 that keeps blowing the first of five
> > fuses in the fuse box. The guy I bought it from rode it over here last
> > week and I got it started after he left. He's coming over tomorrow to
> > look at it, so I'm pretty sure he hasn't done anything underhanded. The
> > day after I bought it, it wouldn't start. I had the battery checked,
> > and it was depleted. I bought a new one and charged it at home. After
> > putting that in the bike, it still wouldn't start. I then noticed the
> > first fuse was blown so I replaced the 10A fuse with a 14A one. As soon
> > as it made contact with the bike, it blew. I've checked all the wiring
> > and can't find a short anywhere. No matter how I do it, if there is a
> > fuse in the slot and the battery is hooked up, the fuse blows. Any
> > ideas?
> >
> It might help us if you told us what the first of the five fuses is
> supposed to take care of. Look at a manual.
He probably doesn't have a manual.
Take out the fuse and connect an old auto sealed beam headlamp (what,
doesn't everybody save their old headlights with one burnt out filament?)
or a handheld spotlight, the kind you plug into a cigarette lighter,
across the fuse terminals. This will probably require some fiddling
around with test leads with banana plug ends, alligator clips, etc.
Good thing you used to have lots of those lying around used as roach
clips, right?
Then, wiggle the wiring loom, especially under the tank, near the
headlight, in the headlight shell, etc. until the light flickers, and
you've found the short to earth.
It's going to be a wire near the headstock, under the tank, or in the
headlamp shell. Gotta be.
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many iterations of the model and it's relatives, it's a lot harder to
read than the automotive Haynes manuals.
According to the wiring diagram, the first fuse goes to the front of
the bike to an 'electrical accessory terminal.' Very descriptive.
Isaac
The Older Gentleman
> Take out the fuse and connect an old auto sealed beam headlamp (what,
> doesn't everybody save their old headlights with one burnt out filament?)
> or a handheld spotlight, the kind you plug into a cigarette lighter,
> across the fuse terminals. This will probably require some fiddling
> around with test leads with banana plug ends, alligator clips, etc.
> Good thing you used to have lots of those lying around used as roach
> clips, right?
>
> Then, wiggle the wiring loom, especially under the tank, near the
> headlight, in the headlight shell, etc. until the light flickers, and
> you've found the short to earth.
Genius.
>
> It's going to be a wire near the headstock, under the tank, or in the
> headlamp shell. Gotta be.
I bet you're right. Could just be dirt and a short in the ignition
switch contacts as well.
The Older Gentleman
> According to the wiring diagram, the first fuse goes to the front of
> the bike to an 'electrical accessory terminal.' Very descriptive.
LOL
OK, yes, you have a problem :-)))
durtdog
your manual say what the circuit's rated for? You mentioned 'accessory', do
you have any odd switches, old wires hanging out, or anything that looks
like it was added? Look for any bare cooper wiring anywhere? Finally, if it
is an "accessory", are you sure it's needed to run the bike? You might be
barking up the wrong tree.
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John
power there with ign switched on then blown fuse isn't your problem.
JOhn
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Rob Kleinschmidt
> No matter how I do it, if there is a
> fuse in the slot and the battery is hooked up, the fuse blows. Any
> ideas?
As others have suggested, pull the tank and look at
the wiring runs under the tank and going into the
headlight. Also look for any bodges left behind by
a previous owner. Most likely, you can find it this way.
If visual inspection doesn't work you really need a wiring
diagram and a multimeter to check continuity. You'd
start from the fusebox and disconnect plugs one by
one making notes of what you were doing and testing
to see if the short went away. If it went away, the problem
would likely be in the last thing you unplugged from
the harness. If it never went away, the problem is
in the main harness.