on 5/22/00 7:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bad news on the electrical shutdown problem while cruising. I installed a
> new TCI unit tonight and I still have the same problem.
OK, it's not TCI. What other electrical component could be affected by heat
and/or humidity?
The bike will run
> fine for a while and then starts missing and dies, usually when I slow down
> to stop. I have figured out that when this happens only the number three
> cylinder is firing.
How did you figure this out?
When I let the bike sit for a while it cranks back up
> and I can ride it back home. Every electrical connection on my bike has been
> cleaned and has dielectric grease in it.
Any possibility of an intermittent open/short in a wire (not connector,
assuming they're all clean.) running to the ignition primary. Kill switch,
ignition switch? Battery? Have you checked voltages?
The vent on the gas tank is also
> fine. The ignition coils check out good as do the pick-up coils. I do have
> a Dale Walker electric shifter, rev limiter and MSD shift light on the bike,
> they are coming off in that order. The power to the shifter and rev limiter
> has been disconnected and the problem is still occurring.
Have you unhooked all the leads to the items or just line positive?
I can only think
> to take them completely off the bike. One good note, while the bike was down
> I put in solid motor mounts, took the tin cup out of the oil pan, rejetted
> the carburetor and put on a new bigger back tire, all of which worked great
> up until the Bike died. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Paul
> 85 V-max VMOA-1141
Just to humor me, could you pull the fuel line to the carbs and run it into
a container while the bike is having one of its fainting spells to confirm
that fuel volume and pressure are OK at that time?...just to completely rule
out the fuel system as the problem.
Since you've replaced the fuel pump, I'm assuming that the pressure switch
was replaced with the pump. (ie. that you replaced the pump as a unit, not
components.)
Puzzling, for sure.
Best,
Sat Tara
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