Not familiar with the 450 wiring, but have you checked the fuses?

-Kyle


On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:30 PM, clkcrawford <[email protected]>wrote:

> I'm an electrical idiot. Never gotten my hands dirty in my life UNTIL I
> bought my 1985 Nighthawk 450 a couple weeks ago. Wasnt running and now its
> running like a champ thanks to forums like this and the Clymers. Now the
> last two things that I CANT figure out. My horn and headlight are not
> working. Already tested horn and headlight individually so I know its not a
> problem with them. I have tried studying and analyzing the wiring diagram
> in my clymers and it might as well be instructions to deactivate a nuclear
> bomb thats written in german. I have no clue what it means and the only
> time I've tried messing around with stray wires sparks flew like 4th of
> July and I burnt my fingers. SO...my question is this..where do I start and
> what do I check? You might have to use caveman language with me because
> even "check the terminals for a bad ground" means absolutely nothing to me
> cause I have no clue what those are. Only shop around in my area that will
> do the electrical on this wants $90 an hour just to look at it. Trying not
> to go that route. I apologize for my idiocy but I'm sure most people
> understand that everyone use to know nothing and that happens to be the
> stage I am in. If you need more info let me know I can post and reply
> pretty quickly. Thanks and I'll post some pics too if need be.
>
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