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No brake lights and on the road. KrZy8
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<blockquote data-quote="dcarver" data-source="post: 1293831" data-attributes="member: 956"><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Ahh, the old relay in the circuit trick. I had actually (mostly) thought it through by the time I hit the Temblor mountain range. Ionbeams words and MCA's pix are wonderful - <strong>Thank You to all.</strong></span></p><p></p><p>When the red light on the dash came on, my first thought was engine oil level warning. I had picked up a tank of not-so-good gas from a UnoCal station and was dealing with a rough engine so my little oh-shit sensors were on red alert. The oil checked fine, and once I diluted the 'bad' gas with 4 gallons of 'good' gas from he aux tank the miss went away.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Back to the lights- </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">When I depress the rear brake pedal I can hear a relay click in the right front cowling. When pulling the front brake lever, all I hear is the mechanical click of the switch. My hearing isn't all the great - I can't tell if the mechanical click is covering the relay click.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Over the years I've had several, possibly even 4, yamaha relays simply fail. Fans, headlights, are two that come immediately to mind. The fan relay quit just several weeks ago. Perhaps I'm reaching MTBF?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">My plan is to ohm out the front brake switch. If operational, pull the right cowling and replace the relay.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">All this still hasn't addressed the intermittent ABS light. It came on and off by itself twice over the 400 miles yesterday. Tested the ABS in the dirt and it's still functional.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcarver, post: 1293831, member: 956"] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Ahh, the old relay in the circuit trick. I had actually (mostly) thought it through by the time I hit the Temblor mountain range. Ionbeams words and MCA's pix are wonderful - [B]Thank You to all.[/B][/FONT] When the red light on the dash came on, my first thought was engine oil level warning. I had picked up a tank of not-so-good gas from a UnoCal station and was dealing with a rough engine so my little oh-shit sensors were on red alert. The oil checked fine, and once I diluted the 'bad' gas with 4 gallons of 'good' gas from he aux tank the miss went away. [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Back to the lights- [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']When I depress the rear brake pedal I can hear a relay click in the right front cowling. When pulling the front brake lever, all I hear is the mechanical click of the switch. My hearing isn't all the great - I can't tell if the mechanical click is covering the relay click.[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Over the years I've had several, possibly even 4, yamaha relays simply fail. Fans, headlights, are two that come immediately to mind. The fan relay quit just several weeks ago. Perhaps I'm reaching MTBF?[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']My plan is to ohm out the front brake switch. If operational, pull the right cowling and replace the relay.[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']All this still hasn't addressed the intermittent ABS light. It came on and off by itself twice over the 400 miles yesterday. Tested the ABS in the dirt and it's still functional.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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