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Post by chromedome on Apr 1, 2014 16:26:26 GMT -5
Encountered a nice surprise while trying to figure out why my Bashan wouldn't start after getting it out of winter storage. After putting in new gas, oil and a fully charged battery; I couldn't get the darn thing to start up. My blinkers and lights wasn't working either. Fuses were okay, but replaced them since I did have a bunch of spares. Still trying to track down the problem and getting frustrated since it was running great when I winter-prepped it, I noticed some small leaf particles fall out of the handlebar flaring. I took it apart and discovered to my horror a mouse had made a home in there to wait out the winter. To pass the time, the little bugger had chewed thru almost every wire and cable running thru the handlebar area. Most were bitten off right at the base of the instruments.  So not only will I be needing a complete wiring harness, but also every electrical component that's on the handlebars. Or maybe just spring for a new scoot? Next winter, I think I'm gonna lock a cat in the shed to keep the mice out!!! |
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Post by JerryScript on Apr 1, 2014 18:25:48 GMT -5
Hmm, a bit of rat poison sprinkled in there might keep them away, but it also could leave you with a dead mouse rotting in there and smelling oh so nice come the warm days of spring.
When I got my first car, I of course had to install an aftermarket stereo. I took the dash apart, installed it, and once I had the wiring done I turned it on to listen to as I started to re-install the dash. When I had about 3 screws out of 20 left, smoke started pouring out of the vents. I of course panicked, shouting "MY CAR IS ON FIRE!" I was frantically attempting to rip the screws out of the dash when my father walked out and calming popped the hood and disconnected the battery.
I had twisted the speaker and stereo ground wires together, but forgot to attach them to a ground metal in the dash. I ended up melting the main wiring harness all the way across the dash. My father said I had two options: 1- Pay $120-200 for a new wiring harness, 2- Pay $20 for some wire and fix it myself. I was a teen working at McDonalds, so I of course bought some wire and spent a few hours rebuilding the wiring harness. Very satisfying once I was done, and a lesson well learned about grounding properly!
It may be a , but you should be able to fix it yourself with a bit of wire and some splicing connectors.
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by: tvnacman - Apr 1, 2014 18:58:36 GMT -5
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Post by tvnacman on Apr 1, 2014 18:58:36 GMT -5
Jerry your pist brought back some memories . I had many hand me downs , the one that comes to mind is the 79 impala . It had a little fire in the harness near the starter . I started it with jumper wires under the hood . My ftiends bugged out how then did not ask . I was broke and got it all squared away .
John
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Post by JerryScript on Apr 1, 2014 20:40:10 GMT -5
John, that 79 Impala was a tank, my brother had a four door. One time my ROTC unit went on an overnite training mission at Ft Hood, Tx. I did not bring my shelter half, and it snowed that night (just a light dusting, after all it's Texas). About 11pm, my brother shows up driving over tank ruts and just plowing his own path with his beast of an Impala, just to bring me my shelter half. As you said, good memories!
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Post by urbanmadness on Apr 1, 2014 21:03:05 GMT -5
I've owned and still own some pretty tankish vehicles.... a 72 nova 4 door... Car was a tank... and a 75 Elcomino... a 76 Dodge Monaco 2 door (think the blues brother car, only a 2 door, huge beast of a thing with a Big Block Dodge) and now I have a '91 full size Jimmy 4x4 (last of the straight axle GM trucks)... A stock one can park on the hood of a caddie fleetwood (there is a youtube vid somewhere) and mines is not stock.
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Post by spandi on Apr 1, 2014 22:06:10 GMT -5
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Post by rockinez on Apr 1, 2014 23:53:39 GMT -5
Many years ago I bought a '62 Willis Jeep station wagon. The engine was fried, and I parked it for a few months before I could afford to buy the parts. I was living in Amarillo Tx. The rodents move in. They chewed on every wire, built a nest in the exhaust. It was an expensive experience. The mouse nest blowing out the exhaust pipe was something to see. I feel your pain  |
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Post by novaraptor on Apr 2, 2014 6:27:23 GMT -5
Even if you were going to get a new scooter anyway, you should probably repair it. Great satisfaction in fixing it, compared to the feeling for the rest of your life that a mouse kicked your a**.  |
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Post by shalomdawg on Apr 2, 2014 10:54:12 GMT -5
howdy, I think chromedome was saying that the wires were chewed so close to the instruments , that a splice was impossible. maybe a parts scooter and just replace everything in the area that was invaded? as to how to keep the mice out, I don't know whether you could plug the openings with rags or sponges with cayenne pepper or something on them to discourage the little buzzards , but it certainly was a nasty surprise this year.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Apr 2, 2014 11:08:39 GMT -5
howdy again, maybe you could go to our section of for sale stuff and put an ad in that you need those parts and someone may respond that they have them. even with shipping maybe they would be cheaper than ordering from somewhere.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Tom and Jerry
by: tvnacman - Apr 2, 2014 11:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by tvnacman on Apr 2, 2014 11:09:30 GMT -5
Even if you were going to get a new scooter anyway, you should probably repair it. Great satisfaction in fixing it, compared to the feeling for the rest of your life that a mouse kicked your a**. This could be motivating . Testedscooterparts.com search harness this may help to get it rewired it comes eith the switch plugs look at the pictures . John |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 3, 2014 13:45:31 GMT -5
Wow... BUMMER!
"Stewart Little's Revenge"... Unfortunately, this kind of thing DOES happen. My old Xingyue 150 had the WORST "manual" but it did include an accurate wiring schematic. If you can find a schematic for your scooter, it might not be too hard to replace the wiring, one at a time. If the wires chewed off at the instruments have even a fragment of color insulation left at the connections, it would be a major help.
Back in the day, my old Harley chopper fried the wiring. That old hog originally had clear-lacquered, cloth-insulated wires like the old Brit bikes... You know, the kind that absorb even a "heavy dew" and the bike won't run until a sunny day dries it out.
I replaced all the wires with new, modern wire, ALL BLACK to match the frame... BAD IDEA!
I had carefully re-wired one wire at a time with the black wires. When it fried, I had no clue what wire went where... I got a schematic from Harley Davidson and re-wired again, this time using proper color-coded modern wires... Very time-consuming.
I did a lot of wiring on my old Xingyue scooter to accommodate LED lights, and to simply correct truly DISMAL quality of factory connections. If you have a diagram to follow, it really isn't as bad as it seems. It's like eating an elephant... You just go at it "one bite at a time"...
As "Red Green" says: "We're pullin' for ya... After all, we're all in this together..."
Ride safe!
Leo in Texas
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Post by Jarlaxle on Apr 13, 2014 5:58:44 GMT -5
howdy again, maybe you could go to our section of for sale stuff and put an ad in that you need those parts and someone may respond that they have them. even with shipping maybe they would be cheaper than ordering from somewhere. lotsa miles and smiles to ya ken True...hit CL, there's bound to be someone selling a scoot he can use for psrts. |
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.....and while you're waiting maybe put on a set like these? 
