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Headlight not working... Solved
- vincentmoy
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I tried to switch between Hi/Lo with no avail. The wire looks good though.
FYI other lights work just fine.
Any ideas?:dry:
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KZ750 LTD
Miles: Unknown (speedo cable broke)
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- vincentmoy
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But I just found out EVERY lights are not on. But they function.
Also the head light failure light is not on neither.
1980
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Miles: Unknown (speedo cable broke)
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09 Kawasaki ER6n
77 kz650b1 cafe rebirth project
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube, that's why God made fast motorcycles..."
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Omaha NE
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If voltage is at the connector but headlight doesn't burn, likely needs a replacement bulb.
Unusual for both low and high beam filaments in the headlight bulb to simultaneously burn out.
Could also check charging voltage across battery terminals to assure voltage regulator is okay and not allowing too much voltage. Look for 12+ volts at idle and 14-15 volts at 4000 rpm.
Good Luck!
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KZ900 LTD
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- vincentmoy
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Check your fuse box. This should be the first thing you always check if you have lights not working or other electrical failure.
May I asked where is the fuse box located?
1980
KZ750 LTD
Miles: Unknown (speedo cable broke)
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On some bikes it might be in a small black case with the word "Fuses" I'd imagine if the fuse is bad/broken a good auto parts store will have replacement 10-20 amp AGX fuses (they are 1" long, anything else won't fit the clips).
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I swapped a good fuse (the one in the middle) into it and now the tail and the front turn signal light would stay on.
BUT
No headlight still:(
1980
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Ok, just looked @ the fuse box and indeed one of the fuse burned out (the red-blue wire one)...
I swapped a good fuse (the one in the middle) into it and now the tail and the front turn signal light would stay on.
BUT
No headlight still:(
The blue wire end clip and metal part of fuse look so badly corroded there may not be electrical contact between them whereby no current is flowing through the fuse and would perhaps not flow through a new uncorroded fuse. Imo, both a fresh blue wire end clip and fresh fuse should be fitted.
The red wire end clip doesn't look all that great either.
The white wire end clips look okay.
Regardless, for the headlight to light, voltage is required at the three piece connector where the bulb prongs fit into (as earlier mentioned).
Good Luck!
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KZ900 LTD
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Then use some di-electric sparkplug grease (or vaseline )on the connectors before you snap it all back together.
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Although the wires don't look burnt so maybe you will get off with just cleaning the contacts really nice and using that lubricant/grease and be done with it.
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