Dang Extra Connector.

[SmithSwede]

There is a rat’s nest of electrical connectors around the headstock and instrument panel on my V7.  As part of my clutch job project over July 4, I took them all apart and cleaned them with contact cleaner like a good boy. 

Finally got around to putting the mess back together this afternoon and found there was an extra connector that I couldn’t mate up.   What the ___?  I don’t remember taking this one apart.  It looks pretty important too, with a rubber boot and all.  I get flashlights and fish around everywhere looking for its mate.  I look at the gas tank, instrument panel, and headlamps.  I develop elaborate theories about how wires could be pulled away and caused to disappear.  I look for fuses, jumper wires, or some gizmo it may have attached to.   I even get No. 1 daughter to put female eyes on the situation, since she can always find household items that elude me. 

I’m not going to say how long I looked before I finally broke down and took a gander at a wiring diagram for some clue.  Well guess what.  That poor orphaned connector would be #11, the “pre-installation GPS.”   It doesn’t hook up to anything and I’m an idiot.  Careful, methodical, and detail oriented, but stoopid.

 

[Tom H]

LOL!!

Glad you figured it out!

Tom

[Cam3512]

We coulda told you that!

[oldbike54]

 GPS systems installed on Moto Guzzis owned by Texans don't work in Oklahoma .

 Dusty

[Bulldog9]

There is a rat’s nest of electrical connectors around the headstock and instrument panel on my V7.  As part of my clutch job project over July 4, I took them all apart and cleaned them with contact cleaner like a good boy. 

Finally got around to putting the mess back together this afternoon and found there was an extra connector that I couldn’t mate up.   What the ___?  I don’t remember taking this one apart.  It looks pretty important too, with a rubber boot and all.  I get flashlights and fish around everywhere looking for its mate.  I look at the gas tank, instrument panel, and headlamps.  I develop elaborate theories about how wires could be pulled away and caused to disappear.  I look for fuses, jumper wires, or some gizmo it may have attached to.   I even get No. 1 daughter to put female eyes on the situation, since she can always find household items that elude me. 

I’m not going to say how long I looked before I finally broke down and took a gander at a wiring diagram for some clue.  Well guess what.  That poor orphaned connector would be #11, the “pre-installation GPS.”   It doesn’t hook up to anything and I’m an idiot.  Careful, methodical, and detail oriented, but stoopid.

 

Clearly not enough beer was consumed during this project..... Guzzi seems to leave many 'dead end' connectors, In going over the 12S, I count 5. 3 of them are right over the alternator, and 2 back by the battery.  I take the approach 'if everything works, it is goodenough' lol

[PJPR01]

GPS systems installed on Moto Guzzis owned by Texans don't work in Oklahoma .

 Dusty

Step away from the wire Prescott.  Only qualified technicians can connect their TomTom to that plug and then take the special training course required to find the backside of Woolaroc!  Ha ha!  Unforgettable adventures!

In all seriousness though, keep it accessible, you can always mount a TomTom GPS on a RAM mount at some point, and it's hot wired with the ignition key.

[oldbike54]

Step away from the wire Prescott.  Only qualified technicians can connect their TomTom to that plug and then take the special training course required to find the backside of Woolaroc!  Ha ha!  Unforgettable adventures!

In all seriousness though, keep it accessible, you can always mount a TomTom GPS on a RAM mount at some point, and it's hot wired with the ignition key.

 If we hadn't been on a schedule we would have gladly remained lost on those back roads all day .

 Dusty

[Cam3512]

Step away from the wire Prescott.  Only qualified technicians can connect their TomTom to that plug and then take the special training course required to find the backside of Woolaroc!  Ha ha!  Unforgettable adventures!

In all seriousness though, keep it accessible, you can always mount a TomTom GPS on a RAM mount at some point, and it's hot wired with the ignition key.

I spliced in a RAM mount for my Garmin GPS on my former V7.