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It was definitely creamy. I'm waiting on the starter clutch to come in before I put it back together.

So I'm changing my stator and pulled the cover and a bunch of light brown liquid came out of the case. Is that fouled oil or gear fluid, and should I be worried?

I found the wires and they were grimy. I soldered them and retested. It was a little better but never got over 12.9v.

It is actually a thin light color wire. I took another better picture that I'll post.

I was pulling the battery to put on the charger and noticed this wire not connected to anything. Anybody know what this goes to?

Battery was charged, it was on tender for two days. I bought a battery tender lithium ion phosphate battery. I found a thread on here about the class error. It seams that it is a connection issue. Going to change the starter wire to a #4 gage this weekend. I really like this bike and think I'm going to change as much as possible to new. It only has 33,000 miles on it. Ordered the regulator rectifier and stator today, I also will be looking into the guy on here fix to the starter clutch. Radio on on bike is a 6 disk CD changer, but only one speaker works.

So I did that and the bike fired right up. So that makes me believe that it is the starter clutch. I also found out out some interesting things. Air ride says 0psi and E4? Tested voltage on battery with it running and voltage never got above 12.8. I let it run for about 15min, shut it down and tried to restart. It was very slow to start and dragged a lot.

Thanks that what I was thinking about.

Thanks I read that. It doesn't come on there either.

So I'm going to use this post to track what it cost me to get the 89 up and running. So the bike cost me $500 at an auction, and another $250 in tax title and deal fees. I paid $130 for the battery. I paid $30 on the fuse box upgrade. $80 on a 4 brush starter. I know I might have a starter clutch issue. I need a new wind screen. air ride controls don't have power. Radio comes on but no sound. Forks need some work I think. Might need a new stator but bike won't start to trouble shoot.

So I finished the swap and now the radio has power. Air ride contor still doesn't come on. Pictures to come.

Also want to say paying for this website was the best $12 I have ever spent.

So question. I bought this bike at an auction and have no history on it. So if I have to pull the covers to fix the starter clutch should I change the stator why I'm at it?

I hope not. I have read some articles on hear about the starter clutch. It doesn't have any of the hammering sound. I planned on changing the starter anyway.

It's a grinding noise followed by a spinning noise, then it just spins and won't even try to turn the motor over. Thanks guys so so glad I found this site.

My starter makes a terrible noise and won't turn over the bike. I have ordered a 4 brush replacement and should be here soon. It looks like it is just two bolts and a wire? What do I have to remove to get to it?

Thanks, I saw that post. It helped me figure out the fuse size. I'm going to finish it today. Since it's not 20 deg outside today. What happened to spring?

I'm starting to work on my 89, and the first thing I decided I would do is change out the fuse box. There is a lot of information on this site to help. I'll post some pictures.

Thanks I did not know that.

I like the video. I think it could be very useful.

Thanks I will try that tomorrow. One thing i noticed when I pulled the battery to put it on the charger, the negative cable was lose. The battery that I put on there is a battery tender BTL24A360C lithium iron phosphate. Don't know if anybody has tried these or not. It seems very light and small.

I see the membership button now, I'll jump on that. it wasn't coming up on my phone. So the guy dropped the bike off and I got a chance to mess with it. First it is a heavy ass bike, it about killed me backing it out of the parking space the guy put it in. It was slightly up hill and there was a car beside it. I think I might have a stator problem. I put a new battery in and fired up but if I shut it off, it won't start back up. I'm going to search that in the forum now.

Yes the light works.

How do you become a paid member? Just got a call that the guy is dropping the bike off at 1 today.