Pete of Kettering Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hi, I have been restoring the bike for about 6 months now and its nearly all together, i put the new battery in and tried the electrics... the good news is it has a good spark the side light works on the second click of the key and the back light works! But no headlight no ignition light no neutral light and the horn dosn't work.. ..I havn't tried to start the bike yet as i want to get the electrics right first. I will try to put a photo on here soon. If anyone has any advice as to what the problem could be it would be greatly apreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted January 26, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 26, 2012 it doesnt have an ignition light Pete, you mean oil light (bulb check) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Aha " am currently [ pun] rewiring my DT175... older but diagrams colours will be similar,,, first click on ignition , is enegizin everthing, [ brown,] This brown conects to L/H handle bar switch, second click is park lights .[ Red/blue] ,,,off " position brings in kill engine[ black/white] this black white runs to R/h handlebar kill switch too. open headlight , see if brown wire is disconected, not Dark brown, if it is suspect knackered ignition switch,, get a manual [ wiring diag] and a test light, there a must, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete of Kettering Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 it doesnt have an ignition light Pete, you mean oil light (bulb check) I had one of these bikes about 30 years ago and i thought i remembered a red ignition light, maybe i am getting it mixed up with another bike. Thanks for your advice! Am i right in thinking the headlight only works when the engine is running? Thanks again Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted January 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 27, 2012 I had one of these bikes about 30 years ago and i thought i remembered a red ignition light, maybe i am getting it mixed up with another bike. Thanks for your advice! Am i right in thinking the headlight only works when the engine is running? Thanks again Pete. The red light is the oil level alarm, but it's on constantly when in neutral...as a bulb check The headlight only works with the engine running, but the pilot works from battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete of Kettering Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Problem solved, i presumed i had made a big mistake when putting the wireing together but no, i should have checked the easy things first. The oil light bulb was blown and the neutral switch isn't working, Thanks for your advice folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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