martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 12:41:12:


Pull the battery out.  Take it to Auto Zone or some other car parts place.  They should be able to do a load test.
New battery can probably be had at a large Walmart.

Checked the battery to frame connection cleaned it up and still same problem. Should i attempt to jump start it?

I found this post by searching
"had an issue with my relay (86).

Occasionally, I would hit it, and it wouldn't turn at all. Weird things were happening, like the neutral switch would go out. The sidestand light would turn off when I hit the starter switch. It had all the telltale signs of a nasty grounding problem.

After a very long time of checking this and doing that, I found the problem. It was indeed the relay. A 21 year old relay is not going to be as efficient as a new one. And the cheapness (Actually poorness) in me prohibited buying a new switch.

So I pulled the relay, and saw all this beautiful green white corrosion on the terminals. First step clean it all up.
Next was to give it a few well placed taps to free the insides. I can only imagine that the insides were just as corroded, but unlike the relay that controls the turn signals, I couldn't figure out open this one up.

Well, when I had trouble starting, I'd take a long screwdriver and tap the relay. Sure enough the jolt would free up whatever was binding, and it would start.

I ended up just repositioned the relay to a more accessible location where I could tap it with my hand because I didn't always have a long screwdriver to reach it above the carb.

This may not be the same problem as yours, but the symptoms are similar.  Just try tapping (NOT WHACKING!!!) the relay. If it does start up, and you'd rather not buy a new one, just relocate it. "

how do i go upon doing this?

Im sorry for all the overloading guys, normally I would ask my dad to help me out but do to our financial situation he had to move to Colombia. So Im on my own

So i tried to crank with the plug out and it wouldnt. I dont really know what to do to push start it. WHat should i do?

Good news is that the motor is not frozen i managed to push start it. And it ran around the block fine.

martinfilms34 wrote on 08/17/12 at 13:29:58:


very cool..
so, back to the starter or battery or electrical related to it.

If you have a voltmeter, check voltage to the starter with that.
If voltage there, the decomp and starter relays are working.  I would pull the starter like greenmonster said and see if it spins ok.
If no voltage, it could be the decomp (I retract my previous statement, as that decomp relay does more than just fire the decomp solenoid), or the starter relay(solenoid) under the seat.

I'm sorry for my total lack of knowledge but where is the starter? where i need to connect my volatge meter to