Were you referring to the 3 pin aux light connector plug that has a cap on it?
I thought you got your lights working Shumba?
No, not yet, just took delivery of my new tenere yesterday and rode it home on a bright but cold sunny afternoon.
Yup, I have removed the tool bag and had a good look, no luck I will look again,
Whew!!!! FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY, I found the little SOB.
3 pin with plugs in them. No cap
Speaking of panel removal. What was Yamaha brite idea to put pos plugs in the upper cover for hold down fasteners
My 3 pin aux light plug that was buried in behind the wiring had a protective cover or cap on it.
You are incorrect. The 'cap' has the plugs in it. It's just the correct opposite end of the connector. All it needs is pins to make it functional. The plugs are easily pushed out. If you look again you will notice that there are two white connectors together. Separate those to access the 'live' end of the plug on the harness side.
Yes Sir, you are absolutely correct. When I FINALLY found the aux light plug after much fishing about, I removed what I called the "cap" and exposed the "male" that I plugged into the adapter I sourced from electrical connections. com. I bought both types of plugs from electrical connections to ensure I would have the necessary plugs. I do realise that you can add or insert contact pins into the plastic cap I removed.
I opted the keep the dust cap un-molested in case I decide to reverse my modifications if I were to sell the bike.
That's what electrical tape is for.
It's not like you can't just take the pins out and put the rubber plugs back in if you wanted to. I actually bought another connector and extra pins when I ordered the pins from Eastern Beaver. When I sold my '12 I opted to leave the PC-8 in place for the new owner. Went with a Fuzeblock on the '15 because I had one laying around the garage.
I’ll look at it again. My old eyes must be deceiving me. That will be much more acceptable to just buy some pins.
You wouldn't be the first.
I had another forum member very frustrated because he couldn't plug his new harness into that connector, it just wouldn't fit! Turned out, after some back and forth, that he was essentially trying to push the female connector of the harness onto the back of the existing female connector that was still connected to the male connector. He had thought pulling out the plugs would just allow him to plug in the new female connector.
Fortunately for me I read earlier that one must remove the connector cover to plug in the connector I bought.You wouldn't be the first.
Once he realized his error, with some pictures and assistance from me, he separated the two factory connectors and his new harness snapped right into place.
