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Sunday Question

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by charlie3, Nov 2, 2008.

  1. charlie3

    charlie3 Member

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    Kinda doubt there are many people online right now but I rode my bike to a friend's house and the bike died en route.

    It's an electrical problem. The bike obviously started fine at my house but something came loose?

    I changed out the fuses but as soon as I turned the ignition on the main fuse blows right away.

    I have like no tools with me at the moment.

    Anybody have any ideas? Hoping not to have to pay for a trailer to come pick her up.
     
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    Had the same problem once. Turned out the self cancelling unit had shorted out somehow. It's been disconnected since...
     
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    yea i dont have one of those hooked up... besides i dont have a multimeter with me or anything lol
     
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    I had a similar problem after replacing the brushes in my altenator. Turns out I had let one of the wires short against the inside of the cap.

    With no tools I think you're dead in the water.
     
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    Hey Charlie- - the tape didn't come off that switch we put on there, did it?

    You do have a "highly modified" wire harness, it could be any number of re-wire and bypasses hidden under black tape that finally shifted, and shorted out. I would start where the fuse box was.
     
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    the headlight wires were the first ones i checked... even yanked the switch off and tried to reconnect the wires as they were to no avail

    probably just gonna trailer the bike to the shop i guess because the wires under the seat are like a birds nest
     
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