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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Electrical/Starter problem FIXED /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1280176853 Message started by Dsreaper420 on 07/26/10 at 13:40:52 |
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Title: Electrical/Starter problem FIXED Post by Dsreaper420 on 07/26/10 at 13:40:52 hello, i have a 1988 savage 650 that i am fixing up. Today i finally wrapped everything up and it was time for a test start. So i hooked it up to a 12v jump starter and gave it a go....no start. My problem is that the bike seems to draw alot when the starter tries to kick the bike over and the starter will only turn every couple of pushes of the button. Basically the play by play is: I push the button...under the seat starts clicking..push the button again and the starter kinda turns..pushing it again and under the sit starts clicking again...push it again and the engine turns...push and hold the button and the engine turns for a second and then all the lights go out and there's no power to the bike, i have to wait a few seconds and there's power back to bike...and repeat. i put a volt meter to the jump starter terminals and its reading 12.7v. i also put the meter to the starter and pushed the start button and i got a max of 6v to the starter it self(which seems really low). i really need some help with this, im stuck. Any help would be great. Thanks. |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by james may on 07/26/10 at 19:55:03 Sounds to me you might have a bad connection or a bad battery or a bad starter. Did you try jumping it? Hook it up to your car and Put neg to the frame or the engine and pos to the starter terminal directly. If it cranks and starts it's not the starter.(make sure its in neutral first). Most likely a bad battery even if it's showing 12v with no load it can be bad. |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by verslagen1 on 07/26/10 at 20:00:04 james has got it, it's your battery. either it needs a full charge, or you got bad connections. it may turn over, but it won't start with 6volts. |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by Dsreaper420 on 07/26/10 at 21:28:07 Thanks for the quick reply guys. Im currently charging the battery overnight and gonna try fresh in the morning. I'll update everyone when I figure it out. The bikes been sitting for 3 years so I'm hoping it's just the battery. The sooner I get it running, the sooner I can get this bike looking pretty ;D 8-) |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/27/10 at 06:46:25 been sitting for 3 years so I'm hoping it's just the battery I wouldnt trust that battery to get me home. |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by Dsreaper420 on 07/27/10 at 16:44:48 687771766B6C5D6D5D65777B30020 wrote:
It's not the battery I got with the bike. It's one I had lying around |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by Dsreaper420 on 07/27/10 at 16:48:45 UPDATE: I jumped the bike off my car battery today and it started right up. The battery is bad. Good call guys. I'm going to order a new battery from auto zone tommorow. |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by mmg123 on 07/31/12 at 04:37:07 383922293E38353C294C0 wrote:
I have the same problem i did has you said here and it stll cranks over very slow from the car battery |
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Title: Re: Electrical/Starter problem Post by Digger on 08/05/12 at 22:12:04 3E3E34626160530 wrote:
I have the same problem i did has you said here and it stll cranks over very slow from the car battery[/quote] Could be either a starter problem or a problem on the ground side of the circuit. |
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