Nice one James, glad yours was OK, not like mine all corroded. As to my experience the consequences are not good that red cable failing resulted in complete dead bike when turning ignition. That could leave you in the middle of nowhere strandard. Camping in Wales at the moment all seems well with the bike👍

Great work! I was stranded the other day when I got on the bike after a coffee stop and found all the power was dead. All the obvious checks were made but finished up calling for a trailer to get me 30 miles home. I intermittently get power but it disappears when I press the starter button, I still have the original 6 year old battery so ordered a new one..if it's not that I suspect these connectors under the tray ..a bugger to get to and a lot of crawling around under the bike...at 70 it's not getting any easier 😅

Checked my red wire as you covered on your video, thanks so much 😊 though I achieved via removing battery box etc, all the same thanks a million.

Fun times

thank verry   good expl
grts  from  belgium

Once again James thanks for the heads up great video keep up the good work

I always wondered how Enfield managed to fit a tool kit under the side cover.  'Cause on my Triumph, under the side cover, there's no space for tools.  It's packed with electrical hardware under there.  Chock a block as you English might say.  

Now I know how --- Enfield freed up some space under the side cover by moving some of the electrical parts to the rear fender shroud.  The Triumph has got nothing electrical near the back fender, except the main ground wire that attaches to the engine case right where the halves bolt together.  It's interesting for me to compare the 2.

Another great video,looks like they start with that and build the bike around it,mine never goes out in the rain so will likely be fine

Nice one. One T time after work I'll have a quick look.

I think I'll extend the inner guard down to the swingarm with some rubber and make a flap to protect the electrics. I've long thought that area is not well protected. Stones and road muck gets flung in there too easily.

Well, James, if you weren't rolling around on the ground at 12:15am trying to fix things that shouldn't go wrong in the first place, you wouldn't be enjoying the genuine vintage British bike experience !:chillwcat:😁😅

Just doing the very same job on my bike.  Same symptoms of no power. The red cable had completely corroded.  The corrosion allowed voltage but no current.  Very hard to trace.

Nice one, James. It is a bit of a faff. It certainly isn’t an ideal location.

Great stuff James...your video "Haynes manual" is certainly coming together....
Thank you.
Is this evidence of the west coast being damper than the east? Should be OK down here in the tropical south 😊

Thanks for the heads up Slick, but what the hell happened to your thumbnail, did you trap it between the rectifier and the swing arm ? ???