OK, progress, but going to have to come back to it in a bit. Gotta take kids swimming and then have a date with the woman.
Jumping 12V to red/blk coil wire initializes it, but still won't start. Both FI and Temp lights come on momentarily like they are supposed to, and I hear the momentary noise that I think is the fuel pump.
What does that tell me? Thanks. Can't tell you how relieved I was to finally see those lights blink on and hear that little noise.
That tells you either the stop relay is bad or the bank angle sensor is bad. It proves that you fuel pump relay is good. You may have a blown fuse or Ign. switch could be bad. Do you have spark?
Okay remove the jumper and unplug the bank angle sensor -- on the harness side of the bank sensor jumper the red/white wire to the neg. of the battery and try starting the bike. Do this first unplug the stop & fuel relay, they are both in one relay, back of the battery -- with the key on see if you have 12VDC on the Black/Green wire.
Okay connect the bank angle sensor back in -- Remove the 15amp fuse, place a jumper from the Black wire on the fuse holder to the Black/Red on the Ign. coil if the bike starts the relay is bad.
Well I started over it again. Apparently the fuel injection relay was clicking but not making a good connection. After poking around on it and unplugging/ replugging it in, it cranked up and fired up.
Seems to have fixed the problem, BUT, still doesnt start in first gear.
Brown wire coming of of fuel injection relay goes hot with key on, starts in all gears and neutral, but don't start in first.
With unplugging/ replugging solved the problem -- try uplugging the Shift Drum Position Switch -- spay cleaner in the connectors -- use dielectric grease on the edges of the connectors. You can also check for continuity of the Drum switch when in 1st gear it should read zero to ground. Also carry a jumper wire on your bike to jumper to Ign. coil if needed -- I carry a jumper for that reason also, never know when things can go wrong.
How exactly would one check continuity on that plug? I know which wire is the first gear, and I know to check continuity one nomally puts the back and red multimeter probes on either side of a switch, but not sure on a plug with 8 pins (or 7, can't remember).
You read the continuity of the wire that is 1st gear from that wire to frame ground --it should read zero. As you shift to 2nd gear that wire should read zero to frame ground.
You read the continuity of the wire that is 1st gear from that wire to frame ground --it should read zero. As you shift to 2nd gear that wire should read zero to frame ground.
Hmmm, you did mean to check the switch/motor side, right?
Pink/blue is 1st gear according to my FSM. Put + probe on that wire, - probe to batt negative and still got 1/ infinite
Didn't have my wiring diagram with me so put it in second and tried all the terminals in same fashion, same result.
The Neutral and Reverse indicator lights work fine on the dash (no meter).
If the gear position switch is indeed bad, doesn't the right brake override basically ground the system allowing you to start it in gear, and if that's the case, why will it start in all the other gears and not first?
You have to be on the 8P connector side which has a White/Green wire -- that should read zero to frame ground or Batt. neg. when in 1st gear. The Inhibitor handlebar switch just bypasses the Neutral switch -- The PCM still has to see the which gear the bike is in. If you get a zero reading at connector 8P then connect 8P and go to connector 33P on the PCM and check to see if you read zero on the Pink/Blue wire.
Will check that out. What you said about the handlebar switch I found out this morning. Just for fun I tried to start it with the gear indicator switch unhooked. Initialized, heard fuel pump, but wouldn't start in neutral or any gear even with the right brake handle back.
I'm still kinda fuzzy on the "8P connector side). I'm guessing if I'm testing for continuity on the switch, that I put the bike in first gear and check on the switch side, aka the wire coming off the back of the motor, and not the harness side, right? If I ran a jumper from ground to the pink/blue wire on the switch side, and the gear indicator switch is the problem, hypothetically wouldn't it start?
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