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MoSavage88 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 13 SE Missouri Gender:	Re: No Start Issue Reply #15 - 04/30/19 at 11:19:02 Thanks Batman! I will have some time to work on it tonight, so i'll try that and look for a few other things all of you have suggested!
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Reply #16 - 04/30/19 at 14:50:11

MoSavage88 wrote on 04/30/19 at 11:12:57:

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/30/19 at 10:34:56:

Totally unlikely given the description of the problem, but it's not hard and it beats hours of chasing stuff.

Just out of curiosity, Why does a ground seem unlikely?? Again 12v systems are not my forte. I'm around body filler dust and paint fumes most of the day. I leave the wiring repairs to the guy that likes it. lol

Because it happened so quickly. It should have been a deterioration, if it was an accumulation of corrosion.
Just my opinion.

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MoSavage88 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 13 SE Missouri Gender:	Re: No Start Issue Reply #17 - 04/30/19 at 14:57:37 Ahh gotcha. Makes since as well.
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Re: No Start Issue
Reply #18 - 04/30/19 at 18:54:32

I just went through the wiring diagrams for every year of Savage. The neutral indicator is the only light that grounds to the engine/chassis ground directly. All other devices ground from a separate ground wire attached to the battery negative terminal. Someone may have altered the wiring and attached that wire to the engine/chassis. That will work but it's more subject to loose connection and/or corrosion. The wire should be black with white bands or spots. Locate that wire and look for broken wire or bad connector. That wire is the ground for everything except the neutral light.

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: No Start Issue Reply #19 - 04/30/19 at 20:41:38 My point exactly ! No blown fuses ,means there should be no problem with power running to anything, no lights , starting, or spark makes me think there's no ground(s).
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: No Start Issue Reply #20 - 04/30/19 at 20:45:56 Well, Awwritee, I might have been exactly 100% wr, wr, wr, incorrect.
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Reply #21 - 05/03/19 at 07:08:45

ITS ALIVE!! Sorry about the delay guys. My mom was in the hospital and put a hold on working on anything. Anyhow it ended up being that two ground wires into the one(green/brown) wire that was cut. As soon as I stripped it back and grounded it, she fired right up! So I fixed all of the wiring the correct way, taped everything up, routed it nicely and it looks significantly better! Thank all of you for your help!!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: No Start Issue Reply #22 - 05/03/19 at 07:49:43 Whu?? How were they cut? Who dunnit?
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MoSavage88 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 13 SE Missouri Gender:	Re: No Start Issue Reply #23 - 05/03/19 at 08:13:12 I really think that it was initially attached to the negative terminal(where i wired it back to anyway) and the wires just got brittle and broke off flush making it look cut.
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Reply #24 - 05/04/19 at 16:39:34

MoSavage88 wrote on 05/03/19 at 08:13:12:

I really think that it was initially attached to the negative terminal(where i wired it back to anyway) and the wires just got brittle and broke off flush making it look cut.

You may well have this occur again, if the battery has a chance of moving even slightly when hitting road bumps. Do yourself a favor and use a wire extended to reach the battery ground at the case, the bolt who's location I described in my earlier posting.

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Re: No Start Issue
Reply #25 - 05/04/19 at 16:42:35

MoSavage88 wrote on 05/03/19 at 08:13:12:

I really think that it was initially attached to the negative terminal(where i wired it back to anyway) and the wires just got brittle and broke off flush making it look cut.

You may well have this occur again, if the battery has a chance of moving even slightly when hitting road bumps. Do yourself a favor and use a wire extended to reach the battery ground at the case, the bolt who's location I described in my earlier posting. ( the opposite end of the battery ground wire, from where you have it now)

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