So I finally got some time to get into it again. No luck. I brought it to a recommended mechanic who is a harley whiz. He spent some time for me looking over what work I had done and gave me a few things to look for yet again. But just before i was leaving, he moved a nest of wires around and says, 'what's this?'
I look in there and see a small a/c regulator with a burn hole in it. ! I mean mounted on the side of the rear mudguard and nestled just in from the toolbox 6" from where I had been working to install the new a/c voltage reg/rect and all the rewiring/soldering and remounting I had done. Like it had just manifested itself there. How could I have missed it?!
Because the bike kicks and runs with it unhooked, it appears to be a dedicated headlight regulator. I never knew the bikes had one.
The writing on the part says:SWISS AC REGULATOR 12 V. And on one side: SAP-816 Bullet Machismo DIESEL 09-06-2010.
So, I have a new on order from enfieldparts and should get it any day now.
Question: What might have caused it to blow, so I can avoid burning the new one ($40) and is mounting it on the mudguard an effective ground?
Thanks All,
Mitchell