Stu
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Recent purchase of an 05 Mastiff, got it home, next day go to start and umph, does a half a turn and stops on the compression stroke, repeated a few times, clearly it ain't gonna crank over.
First thoughts, battery or compression releases not working, manually tripped the compression releases nope. Put a battery charger with a 200 amp boost on it, starts right up and goes well the rest of the day.
Bad battery I figure so I replaced the Wally World junker with a USA made Drag Specialties battery.
Next day first start, nope same thing. I remember reading in the owners manual that the battery will drain 2% per day, must be the parasitic drain of the electronics, maybe something in the system draining more?
As I am riding I am thinking maybe a switch on the wires other than the main cable that goes to the starter would stop the parasitic drain. Perhaps the Kroil Oil to the compression releases trick? Weak charging system perhaps leaving the system / battery low but not enough to affect the ignition? Maybe buy one of them Anti-Gravity 680 amp batteries? Got home download the service manuals (THANKS BIGDOGBIKER) and look at the wiring diagrams and read about the electronics and gain some insight and ideas.
Now I been working on bikes and such for years, built quite a few of my own ground up even, but I seen bit in the service manual that I had never seen, or even gave any thought to, or ever seen in print. It is working so far 2 days no problems, gonna see if we make 3 days in the morning.
The service manual mentions the installation of the battery cables, says they must be on top, easy enough to avoid something shorting out, then it mentions that the battery cable should be the first cable the bolt goes thru and the smaller wires go on below the cable before it is bolted to the battery. Hmmmm, would this make a difference? I am skeptical, aw what the hell I ain't got nothing to lose, besides it wouldn't hurt to clean everything up with a little sandpaper to get the cable terminals nice and shiny.
SO far so good, now other than the cleaning might have helped although they weren't really dirty, can anyone chime in on the arrangement order the cables and other power wires are in before securing them to the battery and the affects on performance? I know it sounds goofy, and I would have said yeah right if someone told me the same, but so far it seems to have solved the problem.
Am I nuts? Going soft in the head? Insane in the membrane?
Recent purchase of an 05 Mastiff, got it home, next day go to start and umph, does a half a turn and stops on the compression stroke, repeated a few times, clearly it ain't gonna crank over.
First thoughts, battery or compression releases not working, manually tripped the compression releases nope. Put a battery charger with a 200 amp boost on it, starts right up and goes well the rest of the day.
Bad battery I figure so I replaced the Wally World junker with a USA made Drag Specialties battery.
Next day first start, nope same thing. I remember reading in the owners manual that the battery will drain 2% per day, must be the parasitic drain of the electronics, maybe something in the system draining more?
As I am riding I am thinking maybe a switch on the wires other than the main cable that goes to the starter would stop the parasitic drain. Perhaps the Kroil Oil to the compression releases trick? Weak charging system perhaps leaving the system / battery low but not enough to affect the ignition? Maybe buy one of them Anti-Gravity 680 amp batteries? Got home download the service manuals (THANKS BIGDOGBIKER) and look at the wiring diagrams and read about the electronics and gain some insight and ideas.
Now I been working on bikes and such for years, built quite a few of my own ground up even, but I seen bit in the service manual that I had never seen, or even gave any thought to, or ever seen in print. It is working so far 2 days no problems, gonna see if we make 3 days in the morning.
The service manual mentions the installation of the battery cables, says they must be on top, easy enough to avoid something shorting out, then it mentions that the battery cable should be the first cable the bolt goes thru and the smaller wires go on below the cable before it is bolted to the battery. Hmmmm, would this make a difference? I am skeptical, aw what the hell I ain't got nothing to lose, besides it wouldn't hurt to clean everything up with a little sandpaper to get the cable terminals nice and shiny.
SO far so good, now other than the cleaning might have helped although they weren't really dirty, can anyone chime in on the arrangement order the cables and other power wires are in before securing them to the battery and the affects on performance? I know it sounds goofy, and I would have said yeah right if someone told me the same, but so far it seems to have solved the problem.
Am I nuts? Going soft in the head? Insane in the membrane?
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