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Title: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 30, 2020, 03:09:30 PM
During my incarceration and social distancing(the upside of distancing is that I really hate most of the people I have to be near in public) I have been trying to find things to stay occupied.

First, some background: I recently had a problem with starting and running my latest K100RS.  As part of the troubleshooting I wanted to see if and when the injectors were firing.  Jury rigging an LED and alligator clips was a huge pain in the azz and screamed for a better solution.  Once I got the bike running it was time to see if there was a better way to test the injector harness.

Here's what I have:

For an LED that works on 12VDC and doesn't care what the polarity is, I got a small full wave rectifier power supply with LED indicator light.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-To-DC-Power-Supply-Converter-Full-Wave-Rectifier-Circuit-IN4007-DIY-Kit/391974288823?hash=item5b437cfdb7:g:jOUAAOSwAWladPub

And a connector to plug into the bike's wiring harness:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EV1-to-EV6-Fuel-Injector-Adapter-Harness-ls1-ls2-each-Jetronic-Connector-LS3/232106882967?hash=item360aa5f797:g:bu8AAOSwCGVX9-6-

First, I assembled the power supply.  Since I didn't need it, I left off the output connector, and because I wanted fast response from the LED, I left off the capacitor. 

Next, I cut the unused connector off the cable, leaving the Bosch connector and the wires to connect to the input of the power supply. 

The whole job took about a half hour and here is the result:

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Just plug it into an injector connector on the engine harness and crank the engine.  The LED flashes every time a pulse is sent to the injectors.  The hardest part of the test is getting the goddam connector off the injector.  I cut the locking tabs off the sides of the test connector just to make it easy to unplug after the test.



Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: daveson on March 30, 2020, 03:34:05 PM
Brilliant! Top job.
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: volador on March 31, 2020, 08:38:07 AM
Clever work

(the upside of distancing is that I really hate most of the people I have to be near in public)

travelling with the Gryphoon would be a memorable tour
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 31, 2020, 08:53:15 AM
You may be shocked to learn that I travel alone.  That's the beauty of a moto.  If you pack right, there's no room for a passenger.
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: volador on March 31, 2020, 09:03:55 AM
You may be shocked to learn that I travel alone.  That's the beauty of a moto.  If you pack right, there's no room for a passenger.

(http://www.motobrick.com/gallery/2/5332-310320090308-29191096.png)
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 31, 2020, 10:20:20 AM
Get off my lawn!
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: herseyb on March 31, 2020, 01:01:34 PM
You may be shocked to learn that I travel alone.  That's the beauty of a moto.  If you pack right, there's no room for a passenger.

god damn.  i do tote my GF around a couple times a year, but this hits home!
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: volador on March 31, 2020, 01:15:31 PM
god damn.  i do tote my GF around a couple times a year, but this hits home!

gawd damn you lucky dude!
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 31, 2020, 02:00:27 PM
god damn.  i do tote my GF around a couple times a year, but this hits home!

Fortunately, ever since we hit the wall on the mountain road in El Paso my wife has less desire to ride with me than I have to take her along.  Win, win!!!
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: herseyb on April 02, 2020, 09:34:59 PM
 :laughing1: 44271 :laughing4-giggles:
Title: Re: Injector Test Light Dohickey
Post by: milq on April 21, 2020, 11:41:40 PM
You may be shocked to learn that I travel alone.  That's the beauty of a moto.  If you pack right, there's no room for a passenger.

Me too. I ride to get away from it all.