1 85 RT Arcing Fri Aug 03 2012, 06:41
kfilipow
Silver member
Hey Guys, Need some diagnostic help please. Have put my bike back together and have run a couple of short test rides. (Rehab was all fuel related and pulled out old radio and radar detector, replaced other fluids) Thought I heard an electrical arcing noise? from the instrument cluster. Bike would not start last time, fouling plugs (wet). Checked coils and connections--ok. Lifted tank up to look for loose connectors and bike starts when tank is ajar. Arcing was louder and thought I saw spark from frame to tank. Place tank down on frame and bike wants to stall. Looking at previous posts, I'm suspicious of a loose earth (ground in u.s.) I do not see one from starter, as mentioned in past, or one from the tank as mentioned earlier. Inge, do you have a schematic of all earths that should be present on bike manu 10/84? Any other ideas would be great help...I'm diagnostically "challenged" when comes to electrical faults. Thank you, keith