Stator coil wires??

ok I just bought that. 21.05 after shipping. Also bought me a digital multimeter from walmart today.

 

Seca2rider. Check this message from an XJ600 (Like mine) owner.
http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=22180.html

My bike had the worng regulator and The later xj600 (FJ600 in the us) had a 4 terminal regulator, like yours, with a permanent magnet alternator. Read the text, as Peter says there is a 5th wire grounding the case of the regulator. Has you seca2 got this ground wire, or does the case bolt to the frame?

 

mine is like his. It has 3 white wires and 1 red one. now im stupid when it comes to electronics lol. mechanic stuff I can do but electric stuff terrifies me. On my multimeter what should I set it to to test my stator at the regulator plug?? Sorry I know this is stupid

 

You want to be on the ohms range, 0 to 5 or something like that. I think the spec is 0.5 or there abouts. Look at the alternator drawing in your manual. The windings are arranged in a "Star" formation so you have to test the star ends. Measure white wire 1 to 2, wire 2 to 3 and wire 3 to 1. All the 3 readings should be roughly the same.

Is the case of your regulator connected to the frame?

If the windings check out ok, Run the engine with the meter on the DC VOLTS range, 20 volt (Or so).

Put the test leads across the battery terminals red to + and black to -,and as the revs rise, the measured voltage should go up. No more than 15 volts.

If they dont. stop the engine, key off and set the meter back to the ohms range. Measure between the battery positive and the red wire on the regulator plug. You should get a really low reading maybe 0.2 ohms, showing the wiring is good from the regulator to the battery. If not, It could be a bad connection. If this IS good then it is the regulator at fault , and you have one on its way.
This happened to me many years ago. The Haynes manual is colour coded and should be a good help.

Hope you get on ok - as I am at GMT - my bed is calling!!!!

 

Ok so I got my bike running YAY but now the weather here is shit again grrr. so the thing im going to do next is reseal my tank. It has a bunch of crap in the bottom of it so I am taking it off today and using some old gas to get everything out of the bottom. What do yall suggest I use to clean the rust out and reseal my tank?? Something in the inexpensive range would be awesome..

 

Disclaimer: I have not tried this!
http://www.youtube.com/user/KOKKINAFEGA ... rSs8fxWqoU

This is a mechanic from Crete - he uses white spirit and normal bright zinc plated nuts (Not too big as they might damage the tank!)

Mild steel so you can fish them out with a magnet.

His varnish is about $10.

 

My tank isnt to terribly bad. Doesnt have chunks of rust in it or anything just a light coating of rust on the inside.. Could I use a paint thinner to get the rust out?