Fender light wiring route

[jorrow]

Does anyone know, or have a picture, of the wiring route for the front fender lamp on a 1947 FL? Where the wire enters the fender and travels is my question.

[Robert Luland]

Jorrow, the power enters through the lower horn bracket right screw which is insulated from the fender. The wire to the light connects to the bottom of the screw and is protected by a 3/16" od steel tube held on by two steel clips. Colony sells the kit but does not supply the insulated screw at the horn bracket. See attached pics. The drawing of the insulated post I did a few years back. Hope this helps? Bob L

[jorrow]

Thanks a bunch Bob. Plenty of information there.. but tell me. after entering the fender, what channel did the wire run through to the light, was there a loom?

[Chris Haynes]

Bob, That photo is how it was done on the 1948 models. 1947 the wire traveled through the hole in the fender, directly under the rigid fork, like all the earlier models.

[Robert Luland]

My apologies for bad info. I was always under the impression that 47 was the same as 48. Bob L

[shinedogg]

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Here's how the wire came out on my 37. The pic with the wire and tube shows the route it came from the hole to the light.

[MMasa]

Jorrow, the power enters through the lower horn bracket right screw which is insulated from the fender. The wire to the light connects to the bottom of the screw and is protected by a 3/16" od steel tube held on by two steel clips. Colony sells the kit but does not supply the insulated screw at the horn bracket. See attached pics. The drawing of the insulated post I did a few years back. Hope this helps? Bob L

Not to hijack this thread, but per an earlier thread regarding the grounding methods used on cycle ray headlights, it looks like the 1948 panhead used the screw just above and rearward of the mounting stud. This is as opposed to the rivet toward the bottom left of the bucket near the bezel. Bob, can you email me a good quality copy of that first pic of the 48 pan?
Thanks
Mark Masa

[jorrow]

Ok, Ive found the original hole in my fender masked over by the previous owner, so from what ive heard the wire runs through a metal tube beneath the fender to the light. How is this tube secured, or is it merely crimped over? Does anyone have a pic?

[Robert Luland]

Try these, Bob L

[tomcat1]

this is what you need to know

http://www.caimag.com/forum/showthre...der+light+wire