WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
The other day when I arrived home I noticed a blue plasticy thing resting atop the transmission directly behind the right cylinder. I poked at it and retrieved it with a pair of long nose pliers. It was a blue rubbery thing I recognized as a seal from an electrical connector.
Oh oh, must’ve fallen out when I had the bike all apart doing the valve adjustment back in December.
As luck would have it, all the connectors accessible with the air cleaner box in place weren’t missing a gasket. Pulling the air box and opening each suspect connector, I eventually find the connector to the throttle body motor has no seal inside it.
I sure don’t want water getting in there and monkeying with the throttle! This connector is identical to the connectors to the coil sticks that all have the little blue gasket in them. I popped the little seal back where it belongs and buttoned her all back up. If I hadn’t seen it lying there on the transmission case I’d have had no idea it was missing.
So when working on your bike check to see that these little seals don’t fall out.
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Oh oh, must’ve fallen out when I had the bike all apart doing the valve adjustment back in December.
As luck would have it, all the connectors accessible with the air cleaner box in place weren’t missing a gasket. Pulling the air box and opening each suspect connector, I eventually find the connector to the throttle body motor has no seal inside it.
I sure don’t want water getting in there and monkeying with the throttle! This connector is identical to the connectors to the coil sticks that all have the little blue gasket in them. I popped the little seal back where it belongs and buttoned her all back up. If I hadn’t seen it lying there on the transmission case I’d have had no idea it was missing.
So when working on your bike check to see that these little seals don’t fall out.
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