Whats that wire? 81-GS850G green with yellow under starter cover

[Guest]

I was replacing my stator this weekend (the wires were FRIED at the connection to the stator - no wonder the thing wouldn't charge!) and I (like an idiot) started digging around.

2 things I have questions on -

I found a green wire with yellow trace nestled beside the starter with a blade female blade connector on it. I traced it back and it went back to where the R/R stator wires connected.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=TS1CTVJCSlVFS3NOSWFhaVhaXzlLMGRCQ3d1NlFB

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=TS1CTVJCSlVFS3NOSWFhaVhaXzlLMGRCQ3d1NlFB

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=TS1CTVJCSlVFS3NOSWFhaVhaXzlLMGRCQ3d1NlFB



Also I found this stiff little plastic tube going into the top of the engine case - and then coming through the starter are and just going into a hole

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=TS1CTVJCSlVFS3NOSWFhaVhaXzlLMGRCQ3d1NlFB

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=TS1CTVJCSlVFS3NOSWFhaVhaXzlLMGRCQ3d1NlFB


My 2 questions - what does that wire go to (everything seems to be working fine on the bike)? And where does that little tube go/ what does it do?

Thanks a ton!

 

[Steve]

1. The green/yellow wire goes to the oil pressure sender, which is just to the right of the starter cavity. You can barely see where it goes at the top of your first picture link. Look for a small brass pin in the center of a plastic bushing. The connector on the end of the wire is rather unique, it slides onto the brass pin sideways.

2. The plastic tube is the vent for the transmission. If you follow it out of the starter cavity, you will see it curl back to the side of a small cylindrical fitting that is being pointed to in your fourth picture link.

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[Guest]

2. The plastic tube is the vent for the transmission. If you follow it out of the starter cavity, you will see it curl back to the side of a small cylindrical fitting that is being pointed to in your fourth picture link.

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Ahhh thanks for this - should that tube be sitting in some sort of rubber plug so debris doesnt get into that hole? I didnt see any of it called out in the microfiche on Bike Bandit or Partzilla.

 

[salty_monk]

That hole is a "black hole"... it's actually just a path out to the underneath of the bike. It's the starter cavity drain hole. Don't block it up..