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Posted by Goombah
- March 06, 2013, 18:13:07 PMya, I remember the days. I use to own a TR3. British Leyland everything. Best friend owned an MGA,..I loved the TR,don't I wish I still had it. Would take an MGA as a second choice as well.
Posted by Troll
- March 06, 2013, 18:04:58 PMThat was half the problem...they all had dog dick connectors! The British auto industry went to hell with the advent of British Leyland...All the manufacturers were lumped together...and collapsed together...kind of like what happened to their Motorcycle industry. The nice thing about the 2 fuse thing was that the wiring was simple and color coded...the French used all one color with little white numbers stamped on the wire every so often (we sold Renault and Peugeot, too)
Posted by Goombah
- March 06, 2013, 17:39:52 PMWait, I know,I know,......the one with the dog-dick spliced into it?
Posted by Troll
- March 06, 2013, 17:13:05 PM I just figured, since he's Canadian...or Canadien...Ratman would appreciate the term Old Joe (the prince of darkness) Lucas used for these common connectors...and it brought up a whole flood of memories...Do you know what a winker bottle is? Have you ever polarized a dynamo? Back in the olde days when the British Auto industry was flourishing, I worked for a dealer in Huntington, N.Y. who sold M.G., Austin-Healey, Lotus, and TVR. Those cars generally had 2 fuses...35 amp (12.5a continuous) fuses...one for the lights and wipers, and one for everything else...and which one do you suppose would blow on a dark, rainy night?
Posted by jmbo
- March 06, 2013, 16:58:49 PMYup what you have should work. The curcuit under the seat is fused at 10 amps so your GPS or MP3 should work fine. I also use mine to plug in my battery tender.
Posted by David Baker
- March 06, 2013, 16:52:33 PMRatMan, I've always known the connectors in the Head Light bucket as "Bullet Connectors" Here's a couple sites that might help you out, You can crimp and solder them then add a terminal cover. Good Luck.
http://www.oregonmotorcycleparts.com/connectors.html
http://www.qualitycycleparts.com/motorcycle_connectors_s/7587.htm
Posted by greenbarn
- March 06, 2013, 16:09:24 PMRatman: So just go into Wal-Mart and ask for a bag of dog-dicks...
Seriously, though, if yours will fit snug, they should work fine. I prefer the heat-shrink connectors, but where you're at, it probably doesn't need to be. Make sure, though (on the B+ at least) when your new dog-thing is plugged in, there isn't any exposed metal to touch anything else. Your pic looks like they would be fine.
Posted by Troll
- March 06, 2013, 16:06:02 PMSeeing as how you are in Canada, the English term for these connectors is "dog dick"..(I worked for an English car dealer for about 5 years)...They are just slightly smaller than the standard ones you can buy at the auto parts (or Wal-Mart) store, but once they are connected, they are going to stay that way...They are fed by the same circuit, protected by 1 10 A fuse.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 06, 2013, 15:36:25 PMSo I am looking at the connectors and I have never seen a blade that is large enough to slide in and can not find any, one of the auto electrical places suggested that the plugs were made to plug 2 wires into them, and I know about over loading and all that because I have been reading the other post with interest on this subject, but the plugs look like this = Top picture
the guy suggested that I use the bullethead plug as seen in the second picture.
I am looking to only power a MP3 player and a GPS at the most.....
so those bullethead plugs would work and be snug, am I on the right path here?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 06, 2013, 15:32:20 PMOk I have a serious question now. No messing with PC or 49 just a question that I am mulling over. So on the 800's under the left side cover are 2 wires in the first picture and they are labelled for "Electrical Accessories" W/BL and BK/Y, one is negative and the other is of course positive, in the headlight pod the same thing......same wires ok.....