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Start trouble shooting through these. Make sure your gas is turned on, and that it flows through the carb; if you tilt the bike does fuel run through the overflow tube in the carb? Make sure you have good spark; take out the spark plug from the cylinder, still connected to the ignition wire touch the threaded end to somewhere metal on the engine and turn the bike over. You should see a spark. Finally, do you have good compression, how hard is it to kick over etc.
These are the first things to trouble shoot, I would look on youtube if you don't know what you're doing, there are plenty of helpful videos there. You can also try putting a thimble full of fuel into the cylinder and then kick it over to help it start if it has been sitting a while.
If either of the left turn signals come on (front or rear), the one that doesn't light up probably has a blown bulb or a bad ground. If neither bulb on that side light, you've got other problems. If you'll contact me directly, I'll send you a trouble shooting guide for an earlier model. The wire colors may be different but the trouble shooting should be the same. Contact me at [email protected] and I'll send it in four JPG picture files.
No, your bike is equipped with a turn signal cancelling unit instead of the old style flasher. It is usually located underneath the dash and speedometer on the Softail series of bikes. It's a "black box" about 1 1/2" wide X 3" long X 1/2 thick with a large plug on the face on one end and mounting bolt in the center. If you'll contact me directly, I'll send you a trouble shooting guide. [email protected]
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It's great that you got spark that means we don't have electrical issues to trouble shoot. If this bike has been stored for a while or not used over the winter we should probably start out with fresh gas. Gas left in the carburetor for long periods sometimes gets shellacked up and gums up the jets and float valve.
Some trouble shooting steps:
Make sure the fuel shut off valve is in the on position. You can disconnect the fuel line at the carburetor and check for fuel flow. Might be some rust or corrosion at the bottom of the tank or in the valve obstructing the flow. If so then clean and clear.
Tank vent tube at the top - check for obstructions and blow through to clear and confirm.
First test: Turn the slide stop screw most of way out to get max suction.
Lay bike on it's side until you see fuel overflow (Old Husquvarna starting trick)
Slowly crank the engine through a couple of times with the choke on.
Bring start lever up on the compression stroke then kick through real hard. Should pop.
If won't pop or fire we will have to remove and open the carburetor and clean the pilot jet with a pipe cleaner and blow through it, clean and check the main jet, make sure the float valve is opening and allowing fuel into the bowl. Re-attache fuel line and open fuel shut off to confirm flow is coming through the float valve.
Re-assemble the carburetor and install. Note- Good idea to install new gaskets to ensure max suction and no air leaks.
Repeat the start procedure from step 3.
Once bike starts and warms up turn the choke off and run the slide stop screw back in until it idles properly.
If you have other questions just reply to the comment section and we can do some other trouble shooting or make recommendations.
Best regards,
TF
In this case, you're going to need a wiring schematic to trouble shoot the problem. You'll have to disconnect the power lead to each device that the fuse provides power to. Then, replace the fuse and start reconnecting the devices one at the time. When you connect a device and the fuse blows, you have found the problem. I do not have schematics for bikes newer than 1999, I'm sorry.
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