Date:         Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:28:50 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stuck in Needles, need advice
Comments: To: David Hardy <david@PLANETMIND.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <2dymf8lrr5cpp1y4bfb2vpj4.1325364612338@email.android.com>
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If you are dead in the water and it won't start lets check for power in
a few places. At the alternator, there is a threaded stud that has a few
red wires attached by a 13mm nut. It should measure 12 volts at all
times. Measure with key off, key on, and during cranking. It should have
voltage at all times! Does it?

Above the coil area is a black box with 2 relays in it. Open the lid and
feel the relays while someone turns the key on and off a few times. Both
relays should click on with the key. Do they?

Mark



David Hardy wrote:
> Did the test in the Bentley on the hall sender and it didn't light up my non-led test lamp,nor do I get volts accross middle to either side terminal when cranking.  So am I stuck here for a week?
> David
>
> Sent from my Android
>
> mark drillock<mdrillock@cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> If you have a volt meter and a helper we can give it a go.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> David Hardy wrote:
>>> Riding along fine  and suddenly our 90 westy cuts out, tach drops; came back on,happened again, etc. Lights on dash still worked but tach showed nothing. Finally died, got it running an hour later, slept the night, starts fine, but after a mile or so started cutting out again, with very high(3k) idle. Thinking of having a new ecu and hall sender and/or distributor fedex'd. .but kind of a crapshoot. Any advice appreciated.
>>> David
>>>
>>> Sent from my Android