My two cents; ign switch. Known to fail. Remove and clean switch base contacts. Nothing to lose by trying. Everything else is new (?)
--- On Tue, 9/29/09, JP <[email protected]> wrote: From: JP <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Turn the key, nothing happens To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 9:36 PM This sounds a lot like what happened to me on my 83 650 Check the fuse again... mine broke without visually showing that it was broken. It never burned out, but it sheared perfectly in a line with the right-hand side clamp. It would start just fine, run just fine, and then after I turned off the key, sometimes it would simply not do anything. I found that pressing the wires on the fuse box would bring it back, but what that was really doing was reconnecting this hairline fracture. Then it would run again, just fine, until I stalled out or turned the key, and then... dead bike On Sep 16, 7:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > This has happened several times and I found, by accident, that by > pressing the wires in back of the fuse box life comes back. It is time > to dig further into this problem and I am looking for some input as to > what might be the problem. About two years ago I replaced the fuse box > and ignition harness and made sure all the other connections were > clean and tight. I also went through the headlight bucket connections > to make sure they were all good. I am surprised that once the bike > comes back to life and runs, it does not stop or shut off for any > reason until I turn off the key, like it is not a broken wire. The > manual says under troubleshooting no power-key on it is a dead > battery, disconnected battery cable, main fuse burned out, or ignition > switch. Since I know the first three are not it, it leaves the switch. > Does anyone agree or is there something else I should look for? I also > see in the wiring diagram there is a " broken wire warning unit ". > Does anyone know where this is? Thanks for any help and ideas you > have. Wynn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
