Rejected inspection: front turn signals

[bwader]

I did test only the separate connectors in the signal indicator socket.
I pulled the rubber far down to make it easier.

Trust me I'd be riding without a signal indicator bulb in if those signals didn't alternate like they do.

I I've had in there a 1.1watt, 1.7watt, and 3.4 watt bulbs and its the same in that socket.

[alantf]

It's still giving all the symptoms of a bad ground. Don't forget that there's a ground at both the back and front of the bike. If one of them is bad, then the return path through the opposite circuit will put the front and rear bulbs in series instead of parallel. This will throw the resistance, and thus the current, of the circuit out of whack, and give you these weird results.

[bwader]

With the bike running you were getting 11.6?
What happens when you do the same test on the battery itself, with the bike running?

*NOTE: This is an aside - not focused on your blinker short, which you have... [/quote]

I got 12.6 volts off and 13.6 while running from the battery.

I have been testing ohms on ground connections from battery and following the wires. At the battery negative I get 0.3 ohms at best. Then when I get to the harness part under the gas tank beside the neon green connectors I got 1.0 ohms.

Where is the rear ground?

It seems to be the wires in the cable running next to the air filter. I get 1.0 ohms near there

[alantf]

Originally Posted by bwader

Where is the rear ground?

According to the drawing it goes directly to the battery. It's the one that picks up other grounds on the way,

I think you need to print off a copy of the wiring diagram (or two) then follow the circuit you want to find, with a marker pen. That way, you can see just the circuit you want to trace, and get rid of (for the time being) the stuff you don't want.

[bwader]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GZ250-GZ-250-SU ... ea&vxp=mtr

There really isn't too much to it, looking a the harness but I wish I would have fixed it by now.

[alantf]

Just remember..........keep searching for black/white cables. They're the ground on the GZ. :2tup:

[bwader]

It seems to be under the wrappings. I'm thinking about buying a good used harness.

If the front right on the engine is the ground and mine is good there and the rear harness is off of the negative terminal of the battery, and reattaching connections isn't fixing it then I think putting a different one in that worked right should work right in my bike.

I've had this bike over 3 weeks and paying 30 bucks for a good used harness is sounding like a good option in my head right now. Course being able to fix my harness with just 5,060 miles and 8 or nine years old would be cheaper.

What do you think? What would you do at this point, doing it yourself without spending too much more time and money on this?

[alantf]

Time is free I'm still convinced that it's a ground fault. At the front of the bike, between the bulb holders and ground.

[bwader]

I agree with you alan, my time is free.

I feel like I know what I'm doing going through all the grounds and testing ohms.

I found that under the seat, the left side grounds beside the storage box going to the rear signals, read 20 ohms or higher at least one of them. All of them were at least greater than 6 ohms as much as 50 ohms.

On the plus side I tested all the headlamp connection grounds and they all tested 0.3 or 0.4 ohms. same as the battery negative ground reading .3 ohms.

On the right side of the bike beside the battery- the two starter and other lower connector grounds tested .3 ohms.

I tested the connections after putting them together too to be sure the reading stayed the same.

It all points me to believe the thick cable wiring on the left side under the seat going under the gas tank has bad grounds within the wrapping. If I'm going to take off the wiring harness and expose wiring then I might as well have a decent replacement. I went ahead and ordered a wiring harness the seller claims had no problems and came from a 2005 GZ.

[bwader]

Originally Posted by alantf

Time is free I'm still convinced that it's a ground fault. At the front of the bike, between the bulb holders and ground.

So maybe replacing the rubber socket boot that holds the turn signal indicator?