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Thank you for your information! I checked here to make certain the wires in the plugs from the new harness matched up to the aforeshown CDI photo, as well as the coil wires and solenoid wires.

Here are the photos.

Hello again!

WELL, it has been quite the experience trying to get this $100 Tank scoot back to working condition. The wiring had been botched severely so installed a new wiring harness from PartsforChineseScooters. As well as missing and badly damaged plastic body panels. Galv.mesh, two-part epoxy, and bondo to repair and rebuild some missing and broken parts. It is Frankenstein! I will share photos from my Tab4 here shortly.

Here is what I've come up with. After using a couple of different wiring diagrams found here in the Library, and reading up on nearly every related post about the gy6, electrical, etc. I've connected everything that plugged in. Then started connecting up front at the regulator, the start button, horn, brake switches, etc. Followed the diagrams to the wires- keeping in mind the color wasn't as important as the wire and it making its connection. I couldn't get it to crank until I had the rear bulb in. Found the socket was damaged and might have been shorting out somehow. Cranked fine, fired and ran a few seconds. Then my coil blew a smoke ring and spat a pinhole of tar oozed out so I shut the key off and disc.the battery. Ordered a new coil and enjoyed the pleasant smell of burning electrical.

There is what appears to be a resistor with two prongs on it, mounted on the front light mount where the regulator is mounted. Small aluminum star-shaped deal with heat sink fins. I have not seen anything in diagrams of what connects up to these two prongs, shaped like a T. Top is horizontal and bottom is vertical. I am wondering what caused my coil to puff smoke and toast itself. Direct short? Too much juice somewhere? Also- fuse at battery lit (but did not burn out). Something is not right. I have not connected any front lights or signals, they are capped off.

I find it odd that the key switches current to the start button, and from the key the black becomes hot (carries voltage) and only connects up to a couple of other blacks- according to the diagram. All of the greens are negative/ground. And that the green/yellow tracer is switched by the brakes and connects only to the solenoid and the brake light.

I have my new coil installed but not connected. As I do not want to smoke another one just yet. At $ I want and need to be sure. Help?