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  1. woz111
    Hi Jeremy. Unfortunately not yet, I'm still waiting for the boost sensor to arrive , I've tried starting it a few times and it does misfire and cough, but that's it. I'm assured that by fitting the boost(pressure)sensor it should then fire, as the TCI unit needs this sensor, it gets a voltage reeding from it. As soon as I get the sensor I'll let you know mate, thanks for asking.
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    Thanks, I'll give it another go, I have set them up right. The bike's just being a ***** to start, new plugs, caps and HT leads, if failing this I may try cleaning the carbs.
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    I'm having trouble starting the bike up, as it didn't have any HT leads I had to buy a new set and I'm not sure that I've put them on correctly. Could someone please tell me how they should be set up? Left spark plug 1 = Front Left Coil, Right Spark Plug 1 = Front Right Coil 3 Left Spark Plug 2 = Rear Left Coil, Right Spark Plug 2 = Rear Right Coil 4
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    I followed Mike's advice and took pin D out of the 6 pin connector on the TCI box and lo and behold, it's now sparking. I've not started her up yet as the battery's gone flat after two days of spinning her over. As soon as it's fully charged I'll try and start her, fingers crossed she'll fire up, choke on fully and full throttle? She's not been started for a few years.
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    I've tried the spark with the side stand up and down, no spark. I've also tried the tester on the 5 wires that come from the left crank case, only one wire has any output that registers on my tester? I would have thought that it should show something? the crank sensor should give some pulse out that would show when turning the engine over? Do you think the crank sensor's gone?
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    Hi Squeeze, one has 3 thick white wires and the other has 5 wires. I must also admit that I'm not at all sure how to use my multi voltage meter, I have a Mastech M-830B, do I set it on DCV, ACV, DCA, and also on what setting? I should have studied auto electrical in college.
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    I've got the bike on its centre stand, that wouldn't cut the spark out? I also made sure that the right hand cut out switch was on the run position. Does the xvz1200 have a crank sensore for the spark timing? If so does this mean that I have to take out the starter clutch to get to it?
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    Right, I've now put another starter motor in and it's now turning over as it should, turns out the starter motor amateur was burned out. unfortunately it's not sparking. It's had a new igniter unit fitted so does anyone know what else I should be checking?
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    I won't order any gaskets, if I got to pull the engine out and do a total stripdown I'll order a full gasket set, it'll be cheaper for me.
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    Hi all. I've had a look under first gen Stator George, and I'll take your advice Dan and do like you say mate, I'll have to leave it till Saturday though as I'm working tomorrow, thanks everyone for all your advice. I'll let you know how this goes, I hope I don't have to pull the engine as the guy I bought it from assured me the engine was running great until he had a problem with the spark.
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    Hi Jeremy. I overhauled the new starter and I took my old starter to get it tested and they're fine, I had a mechanic in to look at the engine, he started turning it over by hand and he said that there's some drag in the engine, took the cam covers off to see if the valves were bent but they look good, they all go up and down as they should. I'll have to take the starter clutch off the weekend to check that, any words of advice here what to do and what to look out for?
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    Fitted the new starter and still the same, I tried turning over the engine manually and after a few turns noticed some drag, I think that maybe the starter clutch has been tampered with, if so, what could be the results??? Bent valves? There's a clicking sound at a certain point of the manual turnover as well as the engine drag? F**K
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    I don't think it's a timing prob, I put a new starter solenoid in today and it doesn't heat up anymore, the starter motor nut heats up now though, when I get the new one I'll let you know if it's still the same. Anyone got a spare cable transfer housing for an 83 venture royal, I'm also missing the boost sensor? Thanks Mike for helping me with this, top man:)
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    Yep, I sorted out the starter, took it apart 100% and reassembled it correctly after cleaning up all the contacts etc. The only thing is the amateur looked a little burned/purple tinge, also the starter solenoid still gets hot so I think that's had it as well. The starter wire was directly on the starter body, with the nylon washer and nut holding it firmly down, daft I know, I was also surprised that it spun over at all, I'd assume that it would have blown a fuse or something, obviously it's done a lot more:( I'll take the starter out again tomorrow as well, do you know of a way of testing the amateur? Do you want me to take a picture of the starter in bits and a close up of the amateur? I've put the new starter solenoid on today, it's a genuine Yamaha part, and can report that it's now not getting hot any more but still sluggish turning over. So I'll have to wait for the new starter to arrive and give it another go then.
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    Hi Jeremy. Thanks again for your help, I'll charge the battery up again tonight and do a test again with the voltage meter for you tomorrow. I've ordered another starter motor which I should receive this week and I've got a new starter solenoid arriving tomorrow as well, so I hope to get the bike started this week. "I took the starter out, gave it a quick spin on the floor and it spun nice, I then took the lead off it and noticed that it was wired straight to the body, someone had taken the small 10mm bold off completely and put the main wire directly to it. The result of this is that the main motor inside the starer looks burned:(" Not sure what you mean here, but it could be significant. What lead is wired straight to the body, and where? 'Splain, or provide pictures. Right, what I meant here is:- When I started taking the starter motor off, I first took the big black cable off, it's held onto the starter motor by a 10mm nut, which has another 10mm nut underneath it and a nylon washer, the cable goes straight to the starter solenoid, I took the small 10mm nut off the starter motor and then realised that the cable was held on by the inner nut and nylon washer, so the live cable was held directly onto the starter motors body resulting in the live going straight onto the starter motors outer body. I assume this has burned out the starters amateur motor and maybe the starter solenoid, what do you think? I'm not very good at explaining so I do apologise.
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    I bought the bike as a non running partially stripped=(70%) project and so for I've rebuilt the back end, I have to do the same with the forks as they're leaking but before I do that I want to make sure that I have all the fairing plastics etc, which unfortunately are all damaged in some way or other, I'll repair these later as I've been reading about this on this site. Can I buy all the bolts/screws from anywhere to do this?, I've also noticed that some of the rubber hold ons are missing:confused24:
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    Hi all. I want to fit the front fairings and plastics to my 1983 Yamaha XVZ1200 Venture Royal, to make sure every thing's there, where do I start and what screws rubber mountings do I need as I know I'm missing most, if not all the mounting screws etc, I've just got the fairings and plastic inserts. Thanks all.
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    Could someone tell me where all the earth points are as I've only cleaned the one on the front right hand side of the engine, I've had a quick look but can't find the others? I may as well try cleaning these up while I'm waiting for the new solenoid.
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    I took the starter out, gave it a quick spin on the floor and it spun nice, I then took the lead off it and noticed that it was wired straight to the body, someone had taken the small 10mm bold off completely and put the main wire directly to it. The result of this is that the main motor inside the starer looks burned:(. I then reassembled the starer & tried it again, it's a little better but not much, I still get the solenoid going hot so I think I'll order a new one, which'll take 3 days to arrive, I can't win:confused24:
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    Haha, I wish I could just bump it downhill, could you imagine it not starting and having to push it back up hill if it don't start, I'd need an iron lung by the time I got it back home. Trying to bump my Kawasaki GT750 was bad enough the Venture must way twice that even without the top box and side cases on it:sick:
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    I've now checked the earth from battery to engine which is good, and I've taken the spark plugs out and turned the engine over by hand (anticlockwise by socket & ratchet). I'll take out the starter motor tomorrow and take it apart, it's now all pointing to either the starter or solenoid so I hope to get some sort of noise out of it tomorrow, or at least get it spinning over as it should. I was going to try and get it going now but I've been out for about 4 hours and I left the ignition on, which means the headlamps been on since then so I assume that the battery's okay?
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    I did, but the solenoid get so hot when I put a screwdriver between the two solenoid points that I'm scared in case it burns a wire out, it still spun slow though.
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    Hi Jeremy. Done the checks with a voltage meter. - Check voltage at the batt while cranking. = Drop of 8 on the meter - Check for voltage drop on the ground side of circuit. Put VOM red on starter body, black on batt neg, crank engine, check reading. This is your voltage drop, and should not be much. I would think .5V is too high, should be less. = 2-3 - Check for drop on hot side. Put VOM red lead on batt pos, black on starter power lug. Crank engine, check reading. This side of the circuit has to go through the solenoid, but again I wouldn't really want more than .5V drop = Same again, 3. So would you agree that it's looking good for the starter solenoid being at fault? I'll order one anyway as they only cost £28 here in the UK, I'll let you know if this solves the problem. Thanks all.
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    I was talking to another guy(thanks Mike) who says it sounds like it's the solenoid, it gets hot and drains the battery due to it malfunctioning, does this also sound familiar to anyone with mk1 Venture? Also, if it was drag from the engine it wouldn't make the solenoid overheat, would it? The bike has only done 27000 miles and the guy I bought it from assured me the engine was sound.
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    Hi Neil. I've tried taking the plugs out but it's the same, slow turning over and battery going down quickly, will it be okay to put a car battery on it? it won't blow the cdi or anything like that?
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