While your bike is having one of its "no start" fits, WHILE THE KEY IS STILL ON AND START BUTTON STILL PRESSED see if there's 12v at the "little green wire" on starter solenoid. Wiggle the wire around while you have the meter on it!
While your bike is having one of its "no start" fits, WHILE THE KEY IS STILL ON AND START BUTTON STILL PRESSED see if there's 12v at the "little green wire" on starter solenoid. "
I did and I do witht he newly acquired hi-tech $29 dollar radio shack meter that has already blowna fuse!
"Wiggle the wire around while you have the meter on it!
If you ALWAYS have 12V on that wire (start or no start) and you don't hear the solenoid pull in then you either have a bad starter solenoid or a bad ground. "
Key up, run button then start button and I was getting the CRV (comp Relief Valve) "click."
"You can check the solenoid with the "how to" I posted or if you're keen to use your new meter that can be done too!
Verify exactly, with the meter, what to check. I know you did this and I'm sure I followed directions which I might add is difficult for me, especially after a case of beer..
"It's a waste of time and money to shotgun parts at it hoping to find the right one."
Only changed out the circuit board and it was an upgraded board so no harm there but I do agree....
"The only way you're going to get this fixed is to logically go step by step ruling things out. :up: "
Thats part of my problem, I have no logic!
Dennis
Not a bore,it's just nuckin futs,I haven't gotten a chance to even look at my bike in three day's,been drinkin
Gas, I really have not checked them but I did check continuity on both cables and no probs there. The baffling part is it has always started after I screwed with the solenoid; go out for a trip to warm everything up, come back and no start.
Hey brother hope ur doing better! I have not had another issue since really tightening the ground wire. I spoke to a "real" MC mechanic and he told me on the big dogs, he always goes in and adds a "star" washer that digs into the clear coat on the paint as he has had numerous issues withthe grounds on them.
What's that? Sleep.. shit I'll sleep 6' down at some point... till then I gots things to do...
Had the meter on the amperage scale, eh?rufroggy said:
OK, take a look at the first pic in my "how to". With the starter still in the bike and all three wires disconnected check for continuity (ohms) from "P" to ground and from "TG" to ground. I'm thinking the best "ground" to use at this point would be the battery negative (-). I don't know the actual value you should get on your meter when you do this check so do this first, touch the leads of your meter together. What's the value shown on your meter? Probably something like .2 or .3 ohms? The reading you get from the starter solenoid (P/TG to ground) should be a little higher than whatever number you got when you touched your meter leads together. So what'd ya get?DRBarnhart said:
