20 Most Recent 1996 kawasaki VN 750 Vulcan Questions & Answers

It can be the Heat Sensor or there is not enough Water in the cooling System and the sensor Gives Signal to cool down with switching on the Fan .

Sounds like u have a open cell in your battery , replace it , you said you had issues charging not lighting or running so this answer is based on the assumption there's voltage coming from stator is this accurate?

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DO the hydrocarbon HC dye test ASAP.

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Bulbs, power or ground. Power to most of those bulbs is controlled by a fuse. Usually the various signals are just ground switches.

Ignore all these idiots. The engine does not need to be remove. He must own a dealership. Simply remove the large air tubes to the right carb and move the left up out of the way. The bracket is on the left side, then feed the cable to the right between the carbs, a bit tricky. You'll see the choke lever on the back right of the carbs. insert in the cable holder. You have to bend the cable up to slip into the holder, the back down to lock it in. Before all of this, attach to the hand lever first.

The stator comes off with the right front side cover If I recall correctly. All you need is a set of metric wrenches.

Can I get a “very helpful” rating on this answer?

How much time do you have??? Get a replacement engine. Save yourself the hassle.

hi buddy you check the oil either by a the dipstick basically the filler cap nukber 1 or a oil sight glass on side off engine number 3 get back to me if wrong

any colour differance with both spark plugs

carb is CV type with diapharm may be deterioated, gummed up from cleaners

or water in the carb bowls drain them

other is ignition issues or bad plug

Two possibilities........you didn't drain all the old oil out, or you didn't hold the bike in a straight upright position while checking the new oil. That is assuming you correctly interpreted the manual, and that you ran the bike for a few minutes before checking the oil level.

The whole engine & transmission together should not weigh more than 150 pounds.

Hi Todd: Sounds suspiciously like it would be brake fluid. Check to see if it is connected to the rear brake master cylinder. (that's the thing that has a shaft that is connected to the brake pedal) Motorcycles like Grade 4.

There's a black plastic knurled knob under the left side of the gas tank that adjusts idle speed.

fuel comes out of air filters????!! no, definitely wrong

Your clutch is either out of adjustment or it's fried.

CHECK WIRING CONNECTIONS ARE NOT LOOSE .

Hi.

I have just sent you a comment on a different thread. I see that you posted the same question on separate thread. I am also posting here as I do not know if you are following both thread. Better to keep the problem on a single thread. Below my previous comment:

Hi.

There is no "diagram" showing the whole routing of fuel lines in the bike. You need to use different diagrams in Fuel System section of the service manual. Fuel system section starts at page 15 in service manual, but what you really need starts at page 40. I have posted fuel service manual at the end of comment.

There is one forum where users discussed the routing. One user has colored the diagram from service manual to indicate lines routing. Here the diagram:



Here the forum, I quote:

"The red and yellow are the fuel lines that go to the petcock. The green one you left unmarked also goes to the petcock. The line with a question mark is a vacuum line that connects to a part in front of the battery along with the larger lines to the cylinders."

Here the service manual in PDF format.

Regards.

Ginko

Just measure the voltage at the battery with the engine idling - in a normal system you should have around 14.2 volts. If its lowerthan that you will need to measure the voltage given by the stator, it should be above 14 volts AC. if you get that then the rectifier is defective, if you get less it's the stator itself.
Beware, the stator should be the 6 wire version, the cheap chinese copies, with 5 wires, are *******, they don't deliver more than 13 volts so it can't charge the battery.

If the problem worsens as the engine gets warmer, than it is mostly likely running too rich...The engine uses more fuel at start up when its cold, so if its running rich there will be more fuel than is necessary when it warms up. Lean the fuel mixture a bit.----------- Also other possibility is faulty starter relay, the relay getting stuck when engine warmed and releases when engine is cold.Check the starter and starter relay.If all checked ok, then battery is the issue.Try with another battery, this will confirm the problem.This will help. Thanks.Helpmech.