Dear all,
Yesterday I was going to rebuilt the missing wiring connector and feather for my MT110 Tail light. See example image I have found in the Internet.
But I can not fit my thread gauge into the thread of the tail light. Could anyone give me the data’s of the thread so I can build it on my lathe or does anyone have such a part available for sale?
Also on some bikes I have seen wiring connectors like below but,
a.) I don't know where they shall be mounted and
b.) why do I need them.
Found a thread in the Forum about the wiring connectors that there are rebuilt ones available. But do I need them?
Maybe someone can answer my questions.
Thanks
Phillip
email (option): Phillip.Thaler@gmx.at
The 4-part screw-together wiring connector (3 x brass parts, 1 x rubber sleeve) featured fairly early-on on WD bikes........and as mentioned, generally featured on the tail-lamp lead to permit tail-section removal...........
The fitting persevered throughout the whole of WW2, and was also employed in other places, often used as a battery postive-lead connector and on the James ML as a junction for the flywheel magneto power lead..........
These items have been long-extinct and may well have been a specific WD-only component ? I'm not certain.........
ONLY known supplier today is/was Russell Motors............they may still have some left.........I bought a quantity around 6 - 7 years ago now, and some were as good as the day they were made whilst others were on their last legs, with the rubber-outer completely hardened and misshapen........with the latter, I simply immersed in a bowl of boiling water which softened the hard rubber outer and was able to push the inner brass connector assembly out..........thereafter, I simply replaced the rubber outer with a suitable length of black rubber tubing cut to size........
If you want to be totally authentic, these are necessary to complete a WD wiring loom on almost all bikes.........