{"id":3929,"date":"2017-08-07T08:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.23\/wordpress\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2018-04-07T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:20:12","slug":"update-dnepr-wiring-and-cabling-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/07\/update-dnepr-wiring-and-cabling-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Update:  Dnepr Wiring and Cabling Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted an update on the Dnepr project, so I thought I&#8217;d share a few pictures. \u00a0I worked about 10 hours on the project this weekend, focusing on finishing the front brake cable installation and adjustments and the clutch cable. \u00a0Both are now installed, lubricated, adjusted and ready for use.<\/p>\n<p>The rear tubular tail light housings were purchased unpainted, and had to be manually ground to fit the unique curvature of the motorcycle and sidecar fenders. \u00a0Once fitted, the housings were painted black to match the fenders. \u00a0These round lights have a vintage appearance and look much nicer than the original Dnepr stamped sheet metal mounts and rectangular tail lights. \u00a0While appearing vintage, these tail lights will house modern LED bulbs for improved brightness and reduced electrical draw.<\/p>\n<p>The wiring for the turn signals is complete, and the turn signals on the motorcycle itself are working well. \u00a0I still have to wire the right turn signals on the sidecar, in addition to the running lights, headlight and brake lights. \u00a0I also have a few dummy lights left to wire, such as the neutral light and oil pressure warning light. \u00a0A month ago I completed the wiring for the alternator, voltage regulator and discharge dummy lights and all are working perfectly. \u00a0The voltage is as 12.5 before starting the engine, and 14.3 when the engine is running.<\/p>\n<p>I have about 3 to 4 hours left to complete the wiring, at which point all the wires will be bound into a harness to keep things tidy and protected. \u00a0The rear brake linkages are connected as well as the sidecar brake cable, but I&#8217;m not yet satisfied with the adjustment, so I have to look into that too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll not make much further progress in August due to a packed schedule, but I do have the entire first week in September off work, so that might be the best chance to finish the work and get the bike back on the road. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3929 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08017.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08017-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3933\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3933'>\n\t\t\t\tThe rear lights on the motorcycle and sidecar fenders are mounted\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08013.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08013-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3931\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3931'>\n\t\t\t\tWiring is about 2\/3 finished.  The wires will be wrapped in a harness once everything is done.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08014-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3930\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3930'>\n\t\t\t\tLeft toolbox contains the fuses and turn signal flasher\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08015.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08015-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3934\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3934'>\n\t\t\t\tRight toolbox contains the voltage regulator and brake light switch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08021.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rsDSC08021-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3932\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3932'>\n\t\t\t\tClutch cable is installed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted an update on the Dnepr project, so I thought I&#8217;d share a few pictures. \u00a0I worked about 10 hours on the project &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,34,77,79,88,96],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-dnepr","tag-dnepr-mt-11","tag-motorcycle-restoration","tag-mt-11","tag-restoration","tag-sidecar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3935,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions\/3935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}