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[bad_dancer2008]

The other day I rolled my '01 with 61K miles into the driveway, turned the key, saw the green light and hit the starter. It made a slight noise, I think, then the green light went out, and nothing. No headlight, nothing. So I assumed a electrical short, pulled the four year old Yuassa and looked over the wiring. The wires looked fine so I cleaned the started and kill switches and waited for the battery to charge. Next I prepared to reconnect the battery but decided to check the voltage and amperage. Now I suspect the battery has shorted out as the voltage drops from 12 to 9 while on the multimeter. Now to my question can I continue to diagnose this issue by using a car battery to roll the starter over? Will the increased amperage of a car battery harm the electrics on my KLR? Or should I just wait and order another battery and try it then? --Jim

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The way to diagnos starter / battery problems is as follows: 1 measure battery voltage at terminals with key off If under 12 volts you are already marginal 2 measure battery voltage with key on and lights on If under 11 volts marginal again 3 crank starter if no starter and voltage goes below 9 volts while trying to start Then battery bad if battery stays above 9VDC then something in starter circuit Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2008, at 4:36 PM, "bad_dancer2008" wrote:

> The other day I rolled my '01 with 61K miles into the driveway, turned > the key, saw the green light and hit the starter. It made a slight > noise, I think, then the green light went out, and nothing. No > headlight, nothing. So I assumed a electrical short, pulled the four > year old Yuassa and looked over the wiring. > > The wires looked fine so I cleaned the started and kill switches and > waited for the battery to charge. Next I prepared to reconnect the > battery but decided to check the voltage and amperage. Now I suspect > the battery has shorted out as the voltage drops from 12 to 9 while on > the multimeter. > > Now to my question can I continue to diagnose this issue by using a > car battery to roll the starter over? > > Will the increased amperage of a car battery harm the electrics on my > KLR? Or should I just wait and order another battery and try it then? > > --Jim > >

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Forgot to add , never use car battery If any wiring / winding shorts in your system you could burn lots of the wiring harness out Very extensive to replace Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2008, at 4:36 PM, "bad_dancer2008" wrote:

> The other day I rolled my '01 with 61K miles into the driveway, turned > the key, saw the green light and hit the starter. It made a slight > noise, I think, then the green light went out, and nothing. No > headlight, nothing. So I assumed a electrical short, pulled the four > year old Yuassa and looked over the wiring. > > The wires looked fine so I cleaned the started and kill switches and > waited for the battery to charge. Next I prepared to reconnect the > battery but decided to check the voltage and amperage. Now I suspect > the battery has shorted out as the voltage drops from 12 to 9 while on > the multimeter. > > Now to my question can I continue to diagnose this issue by using a > car battery to roll the starter over? > > Will the increased amperage of a car battery harm the electrics on my > KLR? Or should I just wait and order another battery and try it then? > > --Jim > >

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[Jeff Saline]

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:36:58 -0000 "bad_dancer2008" writes:

> The other day I rolled my '01 with 61K miles into the driveway, > turned > the key, saw the green light and hit the starter. It made a slight > noise, I think, then the green light went out, and nothing. No > headlight, nothing. So I assumed a electrical short, pulled the > four > year old Yuassa and looked over the wiring. > > The wires looked fine so I cleaned the started and kill switches > and > waited for the battery to charge. Next I prepared to reconnect the > battery but decided to check the voltage and amperage. Now I > suspect > the battery has shorted out as the voltage drops from 12 to 9 while > on > the multimeter. > > Now to my question can I continue to diagnose this issue by using a > car battery to roll the starter over? > > Will the increased amperage of a car battery harm the electrics on > my > KLR? Or should I just wait and order another battery and try it > then? > > --Jim

<><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><> Jim, Sounds like a bad battery since it's below 12.65 volts after charging. You won't hurt anything by using a car battery that is fully charged. The system will only take the juice it needs for the application. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the right stock, bonds, and mutual funds. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mJ0S8hlqxX5hi7HhI07BFlEa7WqBRxCFBobSCZqO7jIzAYM/

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Dickson" wrote:

> > I'm looking for a set of stock handguards for an '87 KLR. This > mornings commute was a little chilly up here in Duluth. Color doesn't > matter. >

While you are waiting, you could whip up something out of plastic detergent jugs that works even better.