Dragonslayer
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Your right and the link answered my questions, thank you very much, I was just saying....... Thanks for the link -
A Daytona PD officer walking up flipping his ticket book open. Evidently The Dragonslayer had parked in the Handicap space under the pretense that Ugly was most deffinately a handicap. But, as he tried to explain his point of view to the officer the Officer replied if your handicapped how come you ride a 1st gen. 1st gens evidently do not quallify as an handicap vehicles. But, the officer did mention that if I had been riding a Hardly it would be a different story because everyone knows that if you are riding a Hardly you have a handicap. Realizing that he may have inadvertantly offended some of the fellow VR riders who were riding 2nd gens. Dragonslayer tried to mend some bridges by making the comment that it didn't take long at all for the 2nd gens to catch up. And what BongbobNY meant to say was that the Hardly riders would never be able to go fast enough to catch the wormhole. He was more concerned that we have seemed to have lost the women in the pack. As he looked around Yamma Mamma and Aussie Annie were no where to be found. So Dragonslayer whipped out his laptop from the trunk ( which was no longer Kaplooie) to check the VR threads. As he suspected the two women had not posted for several days on the adlib thread. But, evidently were posting elsewhere. Dragonslayer assumed that they were upset with or bored with the adlib story. Could it be that Annie was turned off because the Dragonslayer had lost his Professor status by getting Einstien's and Newton's theorys mixed up. Or that someone had suggested that Yamma Mamma had a bimbo side that was slowing us up. Or that the Dragonslayer did not compliment Yamma Mamma in a timely manner about her Glazed Frosting or did not tell her he would love to be Thurstan Howell III. At any rate he was sure that they had diverted to the Walmart and were probably getting frisked by Yammer Dan at this very moment. The thought of which made him very sad. What could he do to make amends and get the girls back? Maybe he should..............................................
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Thanks that helped but his price $213 there are several new vmax starters listed for $91.95 on ebay
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Thanks anyway ATLM
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That's cold, I could jump it off down my driveway then when I get to Col. Pooles you can jump me off to get it home. No Thanks it's too wet to ride today anyway, even if I could.
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Here's where I'm at...... last night I got a 68 ford falcon solenoid hooked it up good solenoid starter still drags. Took starter back off and opened it. even though I had removed starter and cleaned it up a couple of days ago communicator and brushes were badly carboned up again. Starter had a burnt wire smell and contact points I inspected looked questionable. So at this point I'm betting bad starter/windings/communicator/armature or brushes or combination. So I think I'll go back to earlier post and get new 4 brush vmax starter. will all of the vmax starters work or is there a specific year model range that will work or not work. So, I'm evidently I'm done for the day on this project until I get new starter. So for now I'm gonna get back on the Virago project and see if I can get something accomplished.
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Took the battery to autozone as suggested to have load tested the battery checked out alright.
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cracked starter housing? Please elaborate..... Housing appears to be fine.
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On the subject of solenoids, I have had to replace the solenoid several times since owning the bike and never had much confidence or luck with the yamaha solenoid, especially since Yamaha wants $80.00 plus for a new solenoid I have heard or read on post in the past that a replacement car solenoid from NAPA was much cheaper and reliable but I have never been able to find out specifically which solenoid will work on the bike.. Can anyone help me with the answer to that question. I have asked that question several times before on this forum and no body has been able to give me an answer.
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I tried that by jumping off car battery. The starter drug a little bit at first but engine quickly caught, fired and cranked.
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Cables all check out fine
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I'm not sure I know how to determine how many amps the battery is putting out. Judging by the rate starter draws down voltage it discharges the battery very quickly and the charger recharges battery very quickly.
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Please help. I am completely stumped. There has got to be something that I am overlooking. Possible I have not been clear in relating the symptoms and thought if I reiterate them step by step fresh eyes might be able to catch something that I/we have over looked. Battery (Odysee PC680 replacement battery under warranty 4 months old) charged battery to fully charged acording to battery charger, on bench when charger was removed battery read 13.01 dcv by digital meter 12 hours later battery read 12.82 dcv 36 hrs later battery read 12.82 dcv 48 hrs later battery read 12.82 dcv reinstalled back into bike........@ 12.82 volt......... starter drags dragging starter quickly draws battery down to 12.4 to 12.6 volts put charger back on battery charger.... charger charges battery back up to 12.8 + volts within seconds less than one minute. Starter solenoid Battery hot at 12.82 dcv line side of solenoid 12.82 load side of solenoid with starter button pushed... 10.5 dcv to 11.00 dcv starter drags this would indicate high resistance across solenoid right But, with battery hot 12.82, using jumper cord from + battery terminal and checking dcv to opposite end of jumper cord shows 12.82.... touch opposite end of jumber cable directly to starter power lug...........starter drags Starter Powered starter on the bench.... it runs fine reinstalled on bike........ it drags Starter gears opened side covers gears look fine. remove starter gears...... starter clutch gear spins freely clockwise but, is stationary in counter clockwise direction. with the three smaller gears removed. hit start button with starter mounted but 3 gears removed starter runs fine put three gears back in an reset side cover........ starter drags with starter gears removed and rachett on flywheel bolt engine turns smoothly in both directions except for expected compression lobe of cylinders with spark plugs in. Meaning that engine turns easily but you can feel compression build and realease as valves open and close. All cables + and - have been upgraded and all connection points have been inspected, cleaned and checked. an additional ground from engine block to frame has been added. What am I missing? I am hoping fresh eyes on problem can ad some insight.
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Kaplooie must be a word after all, it's reconized in Oz:backinmyday:
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Thanks your info has been very helpfull. The Monitor seems to work fine, we downloaded current drivers and cleaned hinges and connections and the screen seems to work perfect everytime. I appreciate it. And I hear you about Geek squad.
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Thanks that was a big help
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Don't worry about it my parade has turned into a turned into a canoe race without paddles a long time ago. I'll bow to the better informed. I stand corrected.
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Howsa about a flitter of flutterers
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Freebird who dutifully reads every new post every day. Won't it be fun to mess with his head in this way. I'm sure that he will think we are crazy when we suggest to him that............................... Squidley now lives in Texas. Aussie Annie has butterflys that caused a Tornado in Georgia or maybe that Yammer Dan is now a greeter at Walmart where he is frisking the customers on the way into the store especially the pretty ones.
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Our Yammy's are running so fast (at least the 1st gens) that we cross the speed of light barrier which causes us to cross the space/time warp continuim , entering a worm hole. Coming through the other side, finding ourself traveling through time into the past suddenly finding ourselfs in Daytona while Biketoberfest is still going on............................. then Dragonslayer yells...............Simmon Says kill your engines and dismount............so we can wait for the second gens to catch up............
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Sounds like an informed answer. Yes it is a HP dv2500 with nvidia graphics. Is it possible that one of the automatic software updates may have corrected video driver issues causing the screen to come back on? How would you identify the video chip? And where would you go on the internet to get an updated driver?
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Just as I posted the preceeding post I tried the Fn +F4 keys and it turned the screens on and off. I took the laptop to the GEEK Squad at Best Buys and they told me to trash the laptop since it was out of warranty and buy another one. You would think they would know about switching on/off the screen. I admit I'm functionally computer illiterate.
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Good thought but I don't know what keys would do that on this laptop. Seems like when it was first going out it was an intermitten problem then one day went out and stayed out untill it came back on months later.
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Where do you hang a gremlin bell on a laptop?
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I broke my only key off in the trunk lock while on the Blueridge parkway. Fortunately my ignition switch would crank with another yama key... but, the gas cap and other locks would not. Found a lock smith in next town that made me several working copies of the old partial key I fished out of the trunk lock. For I think a couple bucks per key. A full service lock smith can probably help you as opposed to buying a blank from Yamaha for around $25.00.