Bright & shiney, custom Massacre Red Benz paint, La Pera seat, case guards, matching bikini fairing off a Guzzi (i think) stored 15 plus years,...
Oh fer jeezum crow. The bright, shiney, cleaned with contact cleaner, blown with air, dry, push button contacts pass just enough juice to read...
Big duh. I did something I shoulda done a while back. touched the ground wire at the starter button to the blue w wire on the switch. Turned over....
yup- I did Step 3, & the engine turned over every time. Im gonna bypass all this stuff & run a wire between the blue & w wire at the cylindrical...
dont know what you mean by "auto ranging". Its an analogue (dial) type, served me well some 20 years. I take the ohms to be a ballpark...
its not a Maxim, its the Seca, which I THINK has a different frame. Its a short run factory cafe bike, with rear sets & low bars. Aint got the...
81 or 2 XJ650RJ. The whole story is under the "starter relay" thread close by. Push starter button, nothing happens. Much testing, no answers.
i note the sky blue wire off the "starting circuit cutoff relay" T's to the diode pack, and ties into the blue/white wire that links the starter...
OK- I see why the blue/w wire at the start button shows 6-7 volts- the current is passing thru a relay coil. As you said, the starter button is...
and I just found another identicle relay, next to the coils, under the frame backbone. This one clicks when I cycle the kill switch.
and ive just found another relay, next to the coils- this one clicks convincingly when I cycle the kill switch.......
(in response to query on the starter testing FAQ thread...) its the one mounted under the ignitor, as per the pic...but its not a Maxim, so there...
its the one mounted under the ignitor, as per the pic...but its not a Maxim, so there may be a difference there. the machine has the cylindrical...
