MZ/MuZ Riders

Ok, this one has me stumped. My right rear turn signal has been working intermittently for the past month; this week it stopped entirely. Everything else works fine, including the front right signal. The front and rear are tied together, right? They share the same terminal on the flasher unit; so the only thing it could be is wiring from there back... unless there's something I'm missing. The rear-most wiring for the right rear is getting no power. I can't find any visible damage to the harness, but I have yet to pull the body panel off and really go over it. Before I do that, is there something else I'm missing? A diode in the circuit? If the flasher can power the front, then it's not to blame, right? I've checked the connectors in the headlight housing, in case the circuit wanders up there and back again, and they all look clean and intact.

i had a case where wires have turned to green slime the wire looked good
after wire was replaced i cut the old wire open and was greeted by about an inch of slime in side the plastic

dave

Puffs wrote:Earth is good?

Earth is isolated via its own wire, so no local mechanical connection to the chassis. Looks like I'll be pulling the body panel and following the yellow brick road...

I just noticed how I spelled "intermittent." Wait... is that an acceptable German spelling?

spelling mistakes are not too important here ///its getting the daily driver to run for most of us

i went to a very poor school system in 1952 they issued me a geography book with a 1938 copyright date
bit out of date on its maps as most had changed in 1945

i have a sewing needle with a plastic knob on it and a clip ..i add it to the end of the test lead
to a meter seal the little pin holes with a dab of white glue or glue stick

dave

I've determined the problem is somewhere ahead of the gas tank. I checked the Molex connector in the headlight housing, and it has good signal. I ride the bike every day, so until I get the time to trace it further, I've run a wire from the Molex to the most accessible point under the seat and, for the time being, I have a right rear turn signal... The question that remains is, where else does that circuit go, between the headlight housing and the gas tank?

I'm a huge fan of liquid tape. That reminds me, I need to order some more...

home depot or lowes

dave