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BattleWing Galactica needed a minor repair

FlyingMonkeys · 2025-06-29T00:21:46Z

When I was in Maine, at the USCA National Sidecar Rally, I noticed that my ECC was not always working, as in...Intermittent, and decided that rather than mess with it there in Maine, I would wait until I got back home to my own shop in Washington, and fiddle with it then. As it was an Intermittent problem, that generally rules out a fuse, so it was either going to be the toggle switch (not likely), or a connector along the wiring line (likely), or a pinched/broken wire along the line (not likely). Today, prior to driving the BattleWing Galactica up to the local Honda/Suzuki/Polaris dealer, and then back home, it all worked fine. After returning home, if did not work...again...so it was time to put it in the shop and resolve this mystery. Long story...short....it was the incline connector of a flat 4 pin connector, where I had used too much dielectric grease, and whilst I did cover the entire connector, both halves, with a large heat shrink tube, that was not good enough to keep the over dielectric greased connector from coming apart ever so slightly, that it caused an Intermittent contact of the 4 pins in the connector. Removed all heat shrink, took the two halves of the flat 4 pin connector apart, cleaned out the dielectric grease, reconnected both halves of the flat 4 pin connector, and this time used a tie-wrap to hold those two halves of the connector together...good and tight....then covered it all again with a new heat shrink tube. Actually, very minor repair, very easy repair, and I did test the entire system, eyes on every inch of the wiring from Point A to Point B, to Point C, so no other problems. Now, to tackle the installation of the Hannigan Electric Chair Lift that I bought from MJ at the Sidecar Rally in Maine. That will be a bit more involved.

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@miles-ladue Everything worked out quite well!

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At some level i do, too, but it’s troublesome aspects are…troublesome.

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@miles-ladue Everything worked out quite well!

I miss the thumbs up button.......

At some level i do, too, but it’s troublesome aspects are…troublesome.

Well, maybe if "I" didn't complain so much about the technical glitch within the system, the Thumbs Up LIKE button can come back, and...I will just have to play stupid, and pretend I don't see the technical glitch.

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@miles-ladue Everything worked out quite well!

I miss the thumbs up button.......

I totally had to click the thumbs up button on this one! 😉

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