Triumphrat

Sprocketjockey

Started off with a dead battery this morning as I headed to work. Great. Have to take the car on this beautiful sunny Saturday. :evil:

Got home and started working on the bike. Cleaned the battery terminals and grabbed the jumper cables. Fired right off. Hmm.

Then things got weird. Volt meter across the battery bounced between 10.8 and 14.2. Hmmm?? Then I noticed the gauges were blank! Rev it up a bit and the gauges flicker off and on. ***???

It seems like a loose connection somewhere that is aggravated by vibration when the engine is revved. I wiggled all the connectors I could find, but it didn't help.

Any suggestions?

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Dad_Roman

Everybody always screams GROUND WIRES at this point but no personal experience....I'd start there.

Erratic readings and/or operations are almost always a ground or connector problem.

[ This message was edited by: Dad_Roman on 2006-07-08 21:12 ]

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bradtx

Sprocketjockey, You might also want to check on the H2O level in the battery...sounds like a cell or two...usually at the terminal sides.

Brad