Ron , No, the solenoid does nothing, until I jump the two poles, and then it starts. However there is a new twist to this weird problem. This afternoon, I decided to see if the feed wire to the solenoid, off the neutral safety switch is powering the starter properly. I slid the R/H seat forward, exposed the battery, took a alligator clipped jumper wire, hooked it to the positive terminal,and also to the feed wire at the safety switch, turned on the ignition, and bingo it started! I figured, no problem here, so I hooked up the wire back where it belongs and hit the key about 8 times, and the darn thing started every time. Now I'm really scratching my head! Might be a intermittent bad contact in the safety switch, might be a intermittent break in the wire, who knows? God, I hate electrical nightmares! Anyone have any ideas? Thanks again, Terry 85 GL |
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