81 GS650 GLX - 3 wire Signal Generator

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  • rvaughnp
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    81 GS650 GLX - 3 wire Signal Generator

    Needing help figuring out where the 3rd wire (G/Y) connects.


    I can find a 3 wire colored diagram that Cliff has out there, but they don’t have the actual color and I’m not “missing” a wire on the ignitor.
    The non colored diagrams that have the wire code are not the same color codes.

    Thanks.
    Last edited by Guest; 02-16-2019, 01:16 PM.
  • tom203
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    • Aug 2010
    • 8925
    • Norway,Maine

    #2
    The g/y wire connects to oil pressure sender with a spade lug...other end is the bullet that you show


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    1981 gs650L

    "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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    • rvaughnp

      #3
      Originally posted by tom203
      The g/y wire connects to oil pressure sender with a spade lug...other end is the bullet that you show


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      I may not have been clear... I believe you are referring to ?other? end at the signal generator? I was referring to what the bullet end connects to.
      From you have stated, i believe the spade end, at the S.G., connects to the oil pressure switch and from there, through the bullet end, goes up to the light.
      If that is the case, then I need to run a wire back up to that light and connect it to the bullet end. Or, do something else to notice when I get low oil pressure.

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      • tom203
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        • Aug 2010
        • 8925
        • Norway,Maine

        #4
        The bullet end connector shown in your pic connects to the spade on the oil pressure sender. This is a grounding path- no oil pressure, sender grounds out,and oil light comes "on". Note that this engine is plain bearing style and runs at high oil pressure, likely in 50 psi range. I suspect the sender triggers in 10 psi range, but I haven't tested one.
        1981 gs650L

        "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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        • Gorminrider
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          • Aug 2012
          • 4803
          • British Columbia, Canada

          #5
          as Tom said,
          The g/y wire connects to oil pressure sender with a spade lug...other end is the bullet that you show
          ...that yes, as you say
          from there, through the bullet end, goes up to the light
          This is a crop of the wiring diagram GS650- "bullet connectors" are shown, spade end not so well
          09-OilPressureCROP.jpg

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          • Gorminrider
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            • Aug 2012
            • 4803
            • British Columbia, Canada

            #6
            09-OilPressure.jpg

            here's the whoe circuit I uploaded it as full size but it's still not awful plain.. the oil lamp takes "+" from the Orange/green stripe fused circuit
            Last edited by Gorminrider; 02-17-2019, 12:23 PM.

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            • rvaughnp

              #7
              Got it. Thanks for that. What a dumb idea and place to ground the that circuit. 100+ spots to ground prior to getting to the spade end.
              Anyway, that explains the left over wire. Good to know.
              Last edited by Guest; 02-19-2019, 11:24 PM. Reason: misspelled word

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