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Title: Wounded Tiger
Post by: haulin' daze on April 20, 2009, 02:21:34 AM

So I put in the brand spankin' new battery, all charged up, and...she won't start. She won't even shine her lights or budge a needle on the dash.

I'm just getting it out of my pal's garage from the long winter. Like I said, new battery, no problems at all last year, up to putting it away for the winter.

All fuses are perfect. All contacts/visible wiring great. Even had a quick charger/jumper hooked up and still nothing. No injector noise, no lights, nada. Not a lot of options as far as space/tools available, so anything semi-major requires a lift to the local Triumph shop. I even had "the guy next door who knows everything about bikes" look for 15 minutes. :roll:

Any of this sound familiar to anyone? :BangHead

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Post by: Stretch on April 20, 2009, 02:25:07 AM

You said "all fuses okay". Does that include the master fuse on the left side of the battery box?

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Post by: HappyMan on April 20, 2009, 06:51:27 AM

I was just goin' there myself Stretch. Sounds like the culprit to me. I seem to remember blowing that one myself once....

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Post by: JetdocX on April 20, 2009, 06:57:47 AM

Polarity? Then master fuse. :wink:

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Post by: HappyMan on April 20, 2009, 07:41:32 AM

Quote from: "JetdocX"Polarity? Then master fuse. :wink:

Doh! (http://www.areavoices.com/jimmyjabber/images/thumbnail/homer9.jpg)

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Post by: EvilBetty on April 20, 2009, 08:20:08 AM

I would check your ground(s)... if at all loose that could have corroded a bit over the winter. Remove, clean, and reinstall.

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Post by: haulin' daze on April 20, 2009, 04:42:17 PM

Hope to get back over there to take a look today. Thanks for the input, I knew it could be something simple. Hopefully you're all right.

I love the info I can get from all you guys at this site. Thanks :D

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Post by: haulin' daze on April 20, 2009, 11:07:01 PM

Okay, okay. So I was fearing the worst for my bike. That's why I turned to the experts; you guys. It was the main fuse on the side of the battery box. I didn't even know that was there. I ASSuMEd all fuses were together on the panel :oops: .

She started right up after I popped in a new one, and is now resting comfortably back home.

Thanks again, and sorry my question was a serious insult to everybody's superior intelligence. :thumbsup

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Post by: EvilBetty on April 20, 2009, 11:10:33 PM

Now to find out why the main fuse popped... :cry:

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Post by: haulin' daze on April 21, 2009, 12:34:10 AM

Too much juice from the charger/jumper is my guess. :roll:

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Post by: Stretch on April 21, 2009, 02:52:20 AM

Quote from: "haulin' daze"She started right up after I popped in a new one, and is now resting comfortably back home.

Awesome! :thumbsup

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Post by: EvilBetty on April 21, 2009, 03:05:28 AM

Quote from: "haulin' daze"Too much juice from the charger/jumper is my guess. :roll:

That would do it!

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