02-03-2022, 05:45 PM
Not trying to overload you with things to look at. Bill Johnson @"bikestuff" had this very problem.
It turned out to be two interrelated things. The first was the ignition power relay located in the passenger kick well. His was at the upper right hand corner. The relay had been compromised but even more tricky to find was that the terminals in the relay mounting block had been overheated due to excessive current and were causing all the power to the ignition circuits, including gauges and DDEC, to become interrupted.
The real root cause of that issue was that the solenoid that controlled the speed of the engine cooling fan had short circuited, pulling a very heavy amperage load. That power source for that load starts with the ignition solenoid.
It took a while to sort all that out.
So I would check the ignition circuit solenoid located in the passenger footwell, replace it, and look very carefully at the terminations on the back of the block the solenoid plugs into.
It turned out to be two interrelated things. The first was the ignition power relay located in the passenger kick well. His was at the upper right hand corner. The relay had been compromised but even more tricky to find was that the terminals in the relay mounting block had been overheated due to excessive current and were causing all the power to the ignition circuits, including gauges and DDEC, to become interrupted.
The real root cause of that issue was that the solenoid that controlled the speed of the engine cooling fan had short circuited, pulling a very heavy amperage load. That power source for that load starts with the ignition solenoid.
It took a while to sort all that out.
So I would check the ignition circuit solenoid located in the passenger footwell, replace it, and look very carefully at the terminations on the back of the block the solenoid plugs into.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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