1979 750l blowing ignition fuse

[Emarcottesr]

One of the brushes to the stator was jammed I got it free but now when I turn the ignition on it blows the 10 Amp fuse. Not sure what's going on here and I'm learning as I go and having a rough go of it. I've pushed this bike more than I've ridden it but after learning the sins and outs of the carbs I'm into the electrical now. Ultimately I'm trying to get it to stop missing. It idles great but there's hesitation and misfires when riding

 

[brettp]

What circuit is it blowing?

 

[Emarcottesr]

It's the fuse that's on the starter solenoid. It blows soon as I turn the bike on with a 10amp fuse. Didn't use to when the charging system wasn't working.

 

[Emarcottesr]

I think I found the problem. I had the ignition coil wired on backwards pos to neg

 

[Emarcottesr]

I think I found the problem. I had the ignition coil wired on backwards pos to neg

Hope I didn't fry anything

 

[brettp]

You will know soon enough.

 

[Emarcottesr]

So that wasn't the issue but was definitely a issue. The fuse blows as soon as I plug in the charging system wires. Any idea why?

 

[brettp]

Hopefully someone with a deeper knowledge than mine comes in. All I can suggest is starting with that fuse and start chasing it both directions until you find an obvious issue like frayed wires grounding, two heat leads touching, etc.