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Online Papa Lazarou

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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2016, 02:10:09 PM »
Thanks all for the moral support and guidance. I was really stumped on this one.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2016, 06:15:28 AM »
Dammit. Took it for a proper test run and it broke down after a mile or so. Battery completely flattened. Charging it up, so I can get the little bike back home.

Parts of the wiring are a bit messy from the previous owner. I gave it a "new" loom and that's fine, I rewired the rear part of the wiring. It looks like I'll have to rewire the electrics to the alternator, maybe replace the rectifier and check the alternator is putting out juice.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2016, 06:23:39 AM »
Oh man. :( Best of wishes. On the upside, you're working through it systematically, and when you're done, you should have a well running machine in which you can have confidence.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2016, 10:30:45 AM »
Not a patch on your woes. It's only a motorcycle.

Bought new battery and charged it. Back to the bike-blown fuse. Replace fuse. No go. Found a short. Fixed it. It started. Got to within 200 yards of home and it stopped. Blown fuse.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #34 on: September 02, 2016, 01:33:23 PM »
New CDI. No difference.

New regulator and wiring. an improvement.

New fuse box. No change.

Right now, the turn lights are operating very fast. New flasher relay last year, but mebbe is fecked after a long winter of neglect by my ex-friend Clive.

Just the flasher relay and one other thingy to check.

Starts on the button, but I don't trust it. It'll blow a fuse if I take it out.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2016, 02:14:00 PM »
Do you have good and multiple ground wires?  I had a chronic fuse blowing problem that was related to poor grounding.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #36 on: September 02, 2016, 08:14:41 PM »
Got water in the fuel??
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #37 on: September 03, 2016, 04:31:56 AM »
No water in fuel. Apart from a need to adjust the pilot screw, fuel is now fine. Ignition circuit appears fine. I'm investigating the indicator circuit now.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #38 on: September 03, 2016, 05:35:05 AM »
Checked indicator circuit and idiot bulb. The new flasher relay is duff. It's fine now. There should be no shorts on any circuits. The wiring around the rectifier was a mess but okay now.

Time to tune the carb and take it out (only nearby) again. With a bag of spare fuses.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #39 on: September 03, 2016, 10:48:22 AM »
Well, no break downs. All seems fixed-apart from tuning.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #40 on: September 03, 2016, 11:17:35 AM »
Way to go, Papa! :bigok:
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #41 on: September 03, 2016, 12:59:06 PM »
ta.

I spose you want pics next.
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #42 on: September 03, 2016, 01:10:59 PM »
Duh. This is the 21st century. You're supposed to spend more time on pics than repairs.

Congrats on (hopefully) tracking the gremlins down.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Okay-I need help
« Reply #43 on: September 03, 2016, 03:31:44 PM »
Fucking Suzuki.



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