Subject: Re: weird!!
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Jul 8, 2001, 9:16 PM
Post ID: 1707415630
Andy,
Possible that your battery is shorting out? Maybe a bad ground wire?
Possibly a bad ignition switch?
I'm sure you will trace the problem down.....Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: andy hill <gun-@lynnet.com>
To: loopframe <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: July 8, 2001 10:48 PM
Subject: weird!!
hi guys- fired up the 'ol eldo for a romp thru the dingweeds today, i went about 70 miles, kinda looping [pun intended] back toward home [penn yan, ny, 315-536-5602, in case anyone gets lost], and at a stopsign, the ol gal [maybe kermit is the WRonG name??] quit! push the starter button, nada. |
| it again, fires up & i go on home. pull into the barn, & she quits again. |
| start- rattles the new relay, thats it. i am stupid@ elec. stuff. gen. is good, acc. to my local guy, no fried wires, or |
| etc. dynomo lite never came on, but when i hooked the battery charger [out of desperation], the batt. appeared to be really dead! fried! now i have a rattle from the starter [good news!?] screw it- i'm leavin it on all nite @ 10 amps. 2 years old! [bad batt.?????] how do ya hook up a volt-meter? i got one from a gold-wingie. nice to |
| whats happinin' b4 i go many miles away [soon]. tia, andy [chewin' nails in ny] |