SimsHD
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Hello everyone,
I am new to the community here and have joined for what is probably the most common reason. I HAVE A BIKE THAT WON'T RUN. Big surprise, I know.
To start, I bought my first bike this spring from an uncle-in-law. It is a 2001 Heritage Softail, Fuel Injected with Big Bore, Compression Release Heads, SE Throttle Body, Adjustable Rods, 2-into-1 SE Pro Pipe, Cams, etc, etc, etc. To wrap it up, I don't know what "Stage" it is, and don't really much care at this point. I just want it to run. The Bike has about 58,000 miles and it had ran great all summer. About a month ago, I was riding at about 4 a.m. and got caught in a momentary downpour. I rode out of it and continued to my destination that was another 5 miles or so. I had to make a quick stop and head to work. I stopped to do the honey-do errand and got back on the bike. I rode for about a mile and a half and it died as I approached a stop sign.
At first I thought I had hit the kill switch, no such luck. When I tried to restart it, it began to backfire, pop, crack, and pretty much everything else but fire and run. After pushing it over a mile back to our shop, I worked for a couple of hours with no luck. Took the air cleaner off and dried it out, no luck. Took the dash off and dried everything out, put back with dielectric grease, no luck. I had no spark.
I downloaded a Repair Manual to get started. The manual explains that to bench test the coil, primary resistance should be 0.5 to 0.7 ohms. I tested this as directed across terminals A&C and A&D. The meter read 0.6 ohms. The manual says to test the secondary by checking resistance across terminals B&C and B&D and to look for a reading of 5500 to 5700 ohms. My meter read no continuity whatsoever. Tried another meter, same results. I was getting ready to order a coil when i guest appeared on this site and read too many threads that say it's never the coil. I bought new plugs and re-installed the coil and wires. I now have a fat blue spark when I grould a plug against the head and hit the starter. Did the "dark test" and found no stray arcing (have to say here, the dark test would be much easier if I could turn the headlight off!). I have began to check connections but have yet to find anything. The battery, fuses, relays, fuel pump all test fine. I performed the recommended self code retrieval by jumping terminals 1&2 int he Deutsch plug and recorded codes 24 & 25 from the dash. I turned the bike over without the wires attached and the plugs came out wet. I believe it's getting fuel but can't be sure if it is enough. If I crack the throttle after starting to crank it, it will run, but continues to pop, miss and backfire. Back off of the throttle and it dies.
I would appreciate any help that you guys could offer. I am no HD Service Tech. I have a background in automotive repair, but it is mainly electrical. I don't have gobs of money to spend here, but would like to get it running sooner than later. I apologize for the ridiculously long post there.
Gary
anic
I am new to the community here and have joined for what is probably the most common reason. I HAVE A BIKE THAT WON'T RUN. Big surprise, I know.
To start, I bought my first bike this spring from an uncle-in-law. It is a 2001 Heritage Softail, Fuel Injected with Big Bore, Compression Release Heads, SE Throttle Body, Adjustable Rods, 2-into-1 SE Pro Pipe, Cams, etc, etc, etc. To wrap it up, I don't know what "Stage" it is, and don't really much care at this point. I just want it to run. The Bike has about 58,000 miles and it had ran great all summer. About a month ago, I was riding at about 4 a.m. and got caught in a momentary downpour. I rode out of it and continued to my destination that was another 5 miles or so. I had to make a quick stop and head to work. I stopped to do the honey-do errand and got back on the bike. I rode for about a mile and a half and it died as I approached a stop sign.
At first I thought I had hit the kill switch, no such luck. When I tried to restart it, it began to backfire, pop, crack, and pretty much everything else but fire and run. After pushing it over a mile back to our shop, I worked for a couple of hours with no luck. Took the air cleaner off and dried it out, no luck. Took the dash off and dried everything out, put back with dielectric grease, no luck. I had no spark.
I downloaded a Repair Manual to get started. The manual explains that to bench test the coil, primary resistance should be 0.5 to 0.7 ohms. I tested this as directed across terminals A&C and A&D. The meter read 0.6 ohms. The manual says to test the secondary by checking resistance across terminals B&C and B&D and to look for a reading of 5500 to 5700 ohms. My meter read no continuity whatsoever. Tried another meter, same results. I was getting ready to order a coil when i guest appeared on this site and read too many threads that say it's never the coil. I bought new plugs and re-installed the coil and wires. I now have a fat blue spark when I grould a plug against the head and hit the starter. Did the "dark test" and found no stray arcing (have to say here, the dark test would be much easier if I could turn the headlight off!). I have began to check connections but have yet to find anything. The battery, fuses, relays, fuel pump all test fine. I performed the recommended self code retrieval by jumping terminals 1&2 int he Deutsch plug and recorded codes 24 & 25 from the dash. I turned the bike over without the wires attached and the plugs came out wet. I believe it's getting fuel but can't be sure if it is enough. If I crack the throttle after starting to crank it, it will run, but continues to pop, miss and backfire. Back off of the throttle and it dies.
I would appreciate any help that you guys could offer. I am no HD Service Tech. I have a background in automotive repair, but it is mainly electrical. I don't have gobs of money to spend here, but would like to get it running sooner than later. I apologize for the ridiculously long post there.
Gary
anic
