1980 KZ550 Ignition Help

Does anyone know what color wires correspond with what number on a 1980 kz550 A ignition switch?

mbethel wrote:

Does anyone know what color wires correspond with what number on a 1980 kz550 A ignition switch?

This link will hopefully take you to the page where a wiring diagram may be downloaded.

Be sure to also read and download the CORRECTION by Loudhvx.

Click > kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_docman&...w&gid=137&Itemid=108

Good Fortune!

I have copies of this diagram. There was an electrical fire, which burned up the wires. I have some of the coating left on the wires, and it does not correspond to the diagram at all. If I was reading these diagrams, the number one spot would be blue. That is not what I have.

mbethel wrote:

I have copies of this diagram. There was an electrical fire, which burned up the wires. I have some of the coating left on the wires, and it does not correspond to the diagram at all. If I was reading these diagrams, the number one spot would be blue. That is not what I have.

If I was reading these diagrams, the number one spot would be blue. That is not what I have.

It's not blue on the downloadable CORRECTION by Loudhvx.

Good Fortune!

I don't believe the order of the colors in the diagram correlate to the physical order of the wires on the switch. The FSM and Clymer show different orders, but I don't think either one is actually trying to show physical wire positions.

Sometimes there are even more wires than what the diagrams show because the switches sometime need external jumpers. Some are shown on the diagrams and some are not.

I'm afraid you'll just have to confirm continuity using an ohm meter or some test device. If it worked before the fire, the wires are probably in the right place.

I wish we could edit what we upload, or at least remove it. I'd like to edit it to show the original error in addition to showing the correction. I'd also notate that it was a correction on the Clymer diagram (Not FSM or Haynes, etc.).