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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: MonsterDark on August 13, 2008, 06:53:13 AM

Title: Melted mess
Post by: MonsterDark on August 13, 2008, 06:53:13 AM
The other day i was riding around and noticed that my high beam indicator light was on, even though the switch wasnt. I pulled up to my dads place and he told me that my head light was barely on. I figured maybe the bulb just blew.  I opened up the headlight to find a melted mess of wires inside. It wasn't really the wires, more so the connection the 3 wires go into ( it looks like a little black connecting box ) I've looked at the ducati parts manual and they dont list this part?

I managed to clean it up a bit and make the connection tighter again, and the headlight is working again and the highbeam indicator is off.  Obviously this problem needs to be addressed. Is there really a part number for that black connecting box, or should i just strip the wires to where they are good, and reconnect ?   What could of caused this issue, i really rather my bike not burn down. 

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Title: Re: Melted mess
Post by: Buckethead on August 13, 2008, 07:12:49 AM
Unfortunately that connector is not available on its own. You have to buy the whole headlight wiring harness (~$55) unless you can find someone with a spare sitting around.

*cough*motored sports*cough*cough*

I was looking for one to connect to my dual headlight system so I posted up in the "Parts Wanted" section.
Title: Re: Melted mess
Post by: Norm on August 13, 2008, 08:20:28 AM
That's a fairly common Ducati problem. That part is an auto parts generic piece, all you need to do is splice it into the wiring.
Title: Re: Melted mess
Post by: Buckethead on August 13, 2008, 08:23:09 AM
Oops. My bad.

I thought you were talking about the other end of the wiring, where the entire headlight harness hooks into the main wiring harness.

The little black box looking thing with the 3 spade connectors on it is, as Norm stated, a standard auto headlight plug. Any auto parts store should be able to hook you up.