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Posted by Troll
- July 23, 2011, 18:42:00 PMThe problem is probably an incomplete circuit. The drifter fender is plastic, and the turn signals are wired, as is the tail light, through the common plug on the left side. the power wires and the grounds actually run to the main harness through the junction block. Your new license plate uses a ground from the METAL fender it would be mounted on, and the wires it has are all power. You need to supply a ground for the plate, and then it should work
Posted by plevine1
- July 23, 2011, 17:35:20 PMThe new license plate has one wire on each side. There are 2 wires for the stock turn signals. I assume one is hot and the other ground. I tried each wire alone to the one license plate wire without luck. Maybe I'll try wiring one to the ground.
Assuming I didnt blow the fuse yet.
Posted by griz01
- July 23, 2011, 16:57:02 PMFactory turn signal has a hot lead and ground lead, on my 99 the ground lead is black with a yellow stripe. left turn is green, right is green with a yellow stripe. Not knowing how many wires you have on the new setup but there has to be more than 1. I believe somewhere you will need to have at least 4 connections or wires; 1 left turn, 1 right turn, 1 plate light and a ground.
just wire all the grounds together and connect to the new ground. If no seperate ground is on ths new fixture, hook wires to a metal part on the new plate frame
Posted by plevine1
- July 23, 2011, 14:23:04 PMMy new saddlebags knocked off my rear turnsignals. I purchased a new license plate with turn signals built in. I pulled the two wires through the old housing. The new plate only has one wire. Now:
when I turn my key on the turn signal indicator on the dash doesnt light. When I connect either of the 2 existing wires to my one wire on the new plate nothing happens.
Is the fuse for the rear turnsignals dedicated? All my other lights work fine. I assume if I connect the new license plate to a 12 volt source I should be able to confirm that the problem isnt with the plate (before sending it back). Would this be a correct assumption?