I'm loaded with the cold and the weather has turned extremely wintry once more.
A mixture of both, but more the illness than the weather, has put paid to my idea, (which was put in my head by Colin at House of Custom, when I was there collecting my bracket last week-end), of going through to the Bike Show in Edinburgh.
House of Custom? you ask.
I'm not too sure what has happened there. Area 51 have changed their name to House of Custom. Richard is no longer with them. Which is probably why they are no longer doing any fabrication. They are still doing custom work and as I may need someone to do some of the EFI - carb conversion as well as the front end conversion, it's good to know that they've not gone all-together.
The return to cold weather has meant that I didn't get out to do anything on the bike yesterday. As I'm still suffering this morning I doubt if I'll do much today either. What I will do is to cut the cables to the coil and bring the plug end in to the house. I'm going to try to dismantle the connector rather than extend the wire. If that works I'll only need one set of soldered joints rather than two, which if fact means eight. I have tried to source a supplier for the delphi connectors that HD use but can't find on in this country. Some of the other connectors are better or at least, just as good. But, as this one goes into the coil body I need the exact one.
(Update on this. I got the connector apart but there was no way I could dismantle the terminal. So, as I haven't found a supplier for these plugs, I will be extending the cables by soldering in a length of wire. That means eight solders but that's the way it goes!)
A mixture of both, but more the illness than the weather, has put paid to my idea, (which was put in my head by Colin at House of Custom, when I was there collecting my bracket last week-end), of going through to the Bike Show in Edinburgh.
House of Custom? you ask.
I'm not too sure what has happened there. Area 51 have changed their name to House of Custom. Richard is no longer with them. Which is probably why they are no longer doing any fabrication. They are still doing custom work and as I may need someone to do some of the EFI - carb conversion as well as the front end conversion, it's good to know that they've not gone all-together.
The return to cold weather has meant that I didn't get out to do anything on the bike yesterday. As I'm still suffering this morning I doubt if I'll do much today either. What I will do is to cut the cables to the coil and bring the plug end in to the house. I'm going to try to dismantle the connector rather than extend the wire. If that works I'll only need one set of soldered joints rather than two, which if fact means eight. I have tried to source a supplier for the delphi connectors that HD use but can't find on in this country. Some of the other connectors are better or at least, just as good. But, as this one goes into the coil body I need the exact one.
(Update on this. I got the connector apart but there was no way I could dismantle the terminal. So, as I haven't found a supplier for these plugs, I will be extending the cables by soldering in a length of wire. That means eight solders but that's the way it goes!)
I had ordered cable from Auto Electric Supplies but bought the wrong gauge so I've re-ordered, along with a butane soldering iron. AES were incredibly quick with their turnaround and I would recommend them. They are experts in vintage and classic wiring and although they don't have as wide a range as Vehicle Wiring Products, they seem to know what they are doing. Also, I'm having problems ordering on-line from VWP. So when needs must!
I will actually need the soldering iron and haven't just bought it because I like buying tools (although I do!). The joins I need to make, this time, are ones which must be done on the bike and can't be done in the house where I can use the mains iron. I actually enjoy doing the wiring on the bike. When I had my suzuki low-rider years ago, I did a lot of the re-wiring on that. With just a bit more practice to increase my confidence, I may even consider doing a complete re-wire on the softail. That could simplify things greatly. It would be good to remove most of the extra wiring rather than just tuck it out of the way.
We'll see at the end of this summer.
I will actually need the soldering iron and haven't just bought it because I like buying tools (although I do!). The joins I need to make, this time, are ones which must be done on the bike and can't be done in the house where I can use the mains iron. I actually enjoy doing the wiring on the bike. When I had my suzuki low-rider years ago, I did a lot of the re-wiring on that. With just a bit more practice to increase my confidence, I may even consider doing a complete re-wire on the softail. That could simplify things greatly. It would be good to remove most of the extra wiring rather than just tuck it out of the way.
We'll see at the end of this summer.
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