1 First Real Challenge....She Won't Start Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:18 am
cruzink100
active member
I'm a little bummed. I spent all day on her getting ready for this weekend. I even took a sick day from work.
I spooned on a new front tire...took most of my morning.
Drained oil, changed filter, replenished.
Was going to remove battery but ended up not needing too (noticed there was a connector for a battery tender). Before stopping this process I had already removed the ABS and injector control unit. This process took my first part of the afternoon. I put everything back together.
Put my seat back on. Drop her off her center stand...try to start. It turns but it seems like there's no fuel.
I'll take a picture and post but I found a wire had been cut (more likely by me). It is a green wire; one of a pair. The other wire is green red. They led to a plug\connector. The other side of the plug\connector had wires that were taped up seemingly by the previous owner. After carefully removing the tape it seems the wires had been severed and fixed by simply using electrical tape.
I'm thinking I should simply remove the connectors then connect the wires using male\female plugs I can pick up from hardware store. Before doing this however, I'll back track the work I did around the battery ensuring I didn't inadvertently unplug something.
I was a bit stressed when I first posted this but have since chilled and edited.
I'll spend the rest of the weekend trying to get her started again if I have to. I'm itching to become familiar with her.
Tony
I spooned on a new front tire...took most of my morning.
Drained oil, changed filter, replenished.
Was going to remove battery but ended up not needing too (noticed there was a connector for a battery tender). Before stopping this process I had already removed the ABS and injector control unit. This process took my first part of the afternoon. I put everything back together.
Put my seat back on. Drop her off her center stand...try to start. It turns but it seems like there's no fuel.
I'll take a picture and post but I found a wire had been cut (more likely by me). It is a green wire; one of a pair. The other wire is green red. They led to a plug\connector. The other side of the plug\connector had wires that were taped up seemingly by the previous owner. After carefully removing the tape it seems the wires had been severed and fixed by simply using electrical tape.
I'm thinking I should simply remove the connectors then connect the wires using male\female plugs I can pick up from hardware store. Before doing this however, I'll back track the work I did around the battery ensuring I didn't inadvertently unplug something.
I was a bit stressed when I first posted this but have since chilled and edited.
I'll spend the rest of the weekend trying to get her started again if I have to. I'm itching to become familiar with her.
Tony
Last edited by cruzink100 on Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:50 am; edited 1 time in total