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I soldered a small alligator clip to the switch at the bottom of the radiator. At a stop, I can reach down and ground out the switch which will run the fan non-stop until I disconnect it. It worked great with a camping gear loaded KLR going up hill (Hwy 138 in CA) in 85 degree heat. Eric Jasniewicz wrote:

> Yep, happened to me in traffic at Daytona last month. I finally found the > dang fuse....yesterday! and that was fine. So now it is the relay or a > loose wire. So now I have to hit up radio shack for a volotmeter thingy. I > hate electric stuff, can someone tell me what the heck to get and how the > heck to use it? Has anyone replaced this relay with an aftermarket one, > i.e., something from Pep Boys fro a tenth the price of a Kawi one? > > TIA, > EJ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Remember four years of good friends, bad clothes, explosive chemistry > experiments. > http://click.egroups.com/1/4051/5/_/911801/_/958161972/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

There's a lot of good info on how the cooling system works on the main DSN KLR650 web page..... My cooling fan wasn't working when I bought my bike a few months back ('91 KLR). Turned out to be the switch mounted in the bottom of the radiator. This switch is supposed to short to ground once the coolant gets hot enough. Once the switch shorts, the fan comes on. It's easy to tell if this is your problem, just unhook the wire from the switch and short it to your bikes metal frame with a piece if wire. If everything else is OK your fan should come on. Instead of buying a new switch, I just went to Radio shack and spent $4.00 on a simple SPST switch and some wire. Ran a piece of wire from the connector that went to the fan switch on the radiator to one side of my manual switch, and then ran a 2nd piece of wire from the other pole of my manual switch to a good ground on the frame. Tie wrapped the switch to my handle bars. Now it's up to me when the fan comes on. When the temp guage hits midpoint I turn on the switch. Usually leave it on when riding in traffic. Just make sure you turn the switch off when you shut the bike off, or your battery will go dead. The fan switch runs direct to the battery! Barry '91 KLR 650 Adam Stahnke wrote:

> > I soldered a small alligator clip to the switch at the bottom of the > radiator. > At a stop, I can reach down and ground out the switch which will run > the fan > non-stop until I disconnect it. It worked great with a camping gear > loaded KLR > going up hill (Hwy 138 in CA) in 85 degree heat. > > Eric Jasniewicz wrote: > > > Yep, happened to me in traffic at Daytona last month. I finally > found the > > dang fuse....yesterday! and that was fine. So now it is the relay > or a > > loose wire.

> . I > hate electric stuff, can someone tell me what the heck to get and how the > heck to use it? >

I can just barely deal with electrical stuff myself but that doesn't mean I can't dole out advice. Get a digital multimeter not one with the needle. Sears has a book near their meters called something like How to Use a Multimeter, about $5-$10 actually I forgot how much. Bogdan

Hope it's not too late to jump in here with a couple of operatic choices: Ballad of Baby Doe - sex, politics & betrayal in Leadville, Colorado. In English, and it made Beverly Sills a star. Great to listen to in the Rockies. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw The Sky, cross between opera and Broadway by John Adams. Music to have an earthquak by. (It tells the story of the Northridge earthquake.) Mr. T already mentioned O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (BTW, my musical claim to fame is having sung the boys choir part of Carmina back when I was in sixth grade. They didn't explain the lyrics to us -- all about lusting after virgins.) Ralph Ralph Hanson 1999 KLR 650 rhanson@... http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2