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OK. Got the old taillight bulb out. Seems that the rubber grommet that holds the socket in the taillight assembly has gotten very un-rubber like and would not compress enough to let me push the bulb in to unhook the pins. I finally said the heck with it, put on some grippy gloves and just TURNED it!...

Thanks Muddy. I probably did blow them but I just couldn't resist hearing it run! With some of the hinky wiring I've found, somebody probably forced that bulb into the socket or put it in backwards. Or it could be the wrong bulb. Some Mercedes bulbs look like 1157s but the pins are offset a few degr...

Hi again everyone! Quick update and a few more questions. Got the engine running. Adjusted the carb and she starts 1st or 2nd kick (don't have a battery yet) and idles and revs nice! YAY! Strange thing now is, the taillight and the low beam of the headlight don't work. I guess it could be coincidenc...

That looks pretty nice! The condenser looks original and I KNOW I didn't take it off the top of the engine. I'm pretty sure the leads are the stock length so it must have been hanging out behind that split cover between the engine and frame. I might just make a bracket for it for now. Y'all are givi...

Thanks sky.fred! Don't remember it being there, now just have to figure out how to get it back up there!

Well I got the coil yesterday and as of today...SPARK! Yay! Putting new oil in this weekend and will try to run it. Few more questions- in between getting this bike and starting back on it, we sold our house and moved. It was a big house and a big garage and workshop and as you can imagine, it was n...

I see on the wiring diagram what you mean about the 2 circuits. It looks like the pink wire goes straight to the key switch and the yellow wire splits off and goes to the switch also. That would mean that the lighting circuit would be running on 12v AC (I think) but the charging circuit, going throu...