For coming round and giving me the benefit of his experience with bike fettling. Looks like the igniter black box is FUBARed so that's a job for the dealer tomorrow. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
I'll bear that in mind. I know it's easy to replace having just taken it out and measured it according to the Haynes BoL. Howsumdiver, I've only owned the bike since Thursday evening and I bought it from a dealer so if he doesn't fix it he'll get some serious shit hurled his way. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
I *was* amused when you phoned me for an opinion, and I said: "It may be stating the bleedin' obvious, but have you checked whether there's a separate fuse for the ignition circuit?" There was a significant pause.... "That's the next thing we're going to check." The finest swerve I've seen in ages )
Heh! To be fair I had said that I had checked all the fuses I could find previously. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
Thinking about what I'd done earlier I hooked up the jump leads with the old battery still in situ and I didn't start the car engine so there shouldn't have been any nasty spikes. At least no more than could be expected from fitting a new battery. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
I seriously doubt that the jump-start fritzed it. Just an unhappy coincidence that sets you off on the wrong track.
I'm not saying it didn't. But even connecting a brand new battery would have done exactly the same thing. In fact connecting the new battery was probably what killed it because it was working after I jumped it and then stopped after I connected the flattery. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
