Haven't got much more done in these last few nights. I have identified the 2nd GY wire and isolated it. Stripped some of the hard covering the BY & BW Boyer leads to the pickups because there was a distinct kink where the wires entered it. Found one of the wires had a bit of insulation worn away and have heat shrinked it and renewed the bullet connector. Borrowed a better quality multimeter and got a solid reading of approx 13.5v from the battery while running with the Pod connected. But then after running for a bit, and taking it to about 5000rpm, the reading off the Pods red and black wires, disconnected, is again down to about 4v. All this is done with the alternator connected directly to the Pod. Having run steady at about idle to 2000rpm, then breaking down at high revs, one would think it's vibration causing something to fault?
A question I have before I proceed further is, am I doing any harm to the engine and/or electrics with all this short running time while trying to find the fault?
The last two runs of the engine it got noticeably worse, not even wanting to idle much now. I'm keeping the battery charged between sessions.
Would love to think it's just the Boyer unit, not sure of it's age, but probably at LEAST 20 years old now. The silicon(?) seal around the wires on the black box is peeling at the edges. But it wouldn't explain all the annoying crap with the regulator and the dead battery.
Getting bloody frustrated now I tells ya. All part of it though.
I hate to get into it, but I reckon I'll have to unravel the loom next, try and find some broken/worn wires.
