1978 gs 1000 e charging system

[lrgguy]

Where about in Ontario are you?

Mississauga ontario , but i work down town toronto ..

[Guest]

I see a lot of Polaris dealers listed for Ontario. Look it up under the Polaris part number 4012941.

[lrgguy]

Where about in Ontario are you?

Why ? do you want to take a road trip and visit canada and help a Fellow canadian in getting both his Gs' s up and runnin ????
Beer and steak ... lol

[rustybronco]

Mississauga is a little to far for me to travel. I figured if you were close to me I could stop over and help. I'm across the river from Petrolia/Sarnia.

[lrgguy]

Ouch !! Ready honda is the dealer here for polaris . The sh775 r/r isnt to bad its priced at $96.99 plus tax ..
But a oem stator is $285.73 plus tax
Or the guy says he can get a ricks after market stator for $190.00 plus tax ...
However the guy suggested checking the rotor says that if the magnets are gone , doing the stator test could give you a false reading ??

I dont know .. im no electrician !!

[lrgguy]

Mississauga is a little to far for me to travel. I figured if you were close to me I could stop over and help. I'm across the river from Petrolia/Sarnia.

Well thanks for the though ... so frustrated with both these bikes at the moment !! Had to bus and subway into work today ...

[lrgguy]

This ready honda place I dont like dealing with . There the parts place for suzuki , honda , polaris etc . And every time I get parts from them they seam to be wrong .. and they always take two weeks . Heck the valve cover gasket for my gs650 they got me the wrong gasket . Then when I relized it they wouldnt even take it back !!!

[lrgguy]

The other place by me is TO cycle salvage .. and they wont help you figure out which stators will work or which rectifiers will work . He sais you tell me what you are looking for and ill tell you if we have stock ...

[rustybronco]

Don't guess if your stator or R-R is bad. Measure them. The links are in Posplayr's signature.

Also, get the number from the R/R you put on your 650.

[tom203]

Ouch !! ..
Or the guy says he can get a ricks after market stator for $190.00 plus tax ...
However the guy suggested checking the rotor says that if the magnets are gone , doing the stator test could give you a false reading ??

I dont know .. im no electrician !!

OH boy, a magnet test- just what has posplayr been waiting for!
PM Steve, he can get your stator rewound ( yours is likely a 12 pole stator-not the more common 18 pole on 1980's and up) for under $100.

Or get adventurous and go ebaying or salvage yard digging- of course, if you are in a hurry....

[lrgguy]

Contacted this other cycle shop I have dealt with , just a little out ofthe way .cycle werx ... he can get me a stator from ricks partnumber 151-21303 for $176.00 & a ricks R/R part number 151-10202 for $99.00

[Guest]

'78 GS1000 is an 18 pole stator.

[lrgguy]

The shop around the corner from me will charge $150 bucks and thats to just look at the bike and electrical and run a few tests to see exacly what isnt working .. then $95 an hr and price of parts to fix it.. damn !!
I dont wanna give up on this bike but the cost to fix things I just cant afford at the moment .. looks like im back to walking and busing around again for a bit ...

[rustybronco]

Contacted this other cycle shop I have dealt with , just a little out ofthe way .cycle werx ... he can get me a stator from ricks partnumber 151-21303 for $176.00 & a ricks R/R part number 151-10202 for $99.00

You enjoy spending money don't you?

Could be nothing more than bad connections as the route cause.

[lrgguy]

You enjoy spending money don't you?

Could be nothing more than bad connections as the route cause.

NO NOT AT ALL !! I DONT HAVE ANY MONEY ...
heck with my 650 dieing I dropped every penny I had buying this bike .. now im left with 2 bikes that dont work ..