99venture

thanks for all the help i'm getting. really appreciate it. i did test the stator to ground and had no issues. i used the testing procedure i found on this site and that was included. i've got my homework to do on this bike, as in things to check, not sure if i'll get to it today. good chance of rain and dark clouds overhead. buddy went ahead and ordered a new stator and r/r from ricks motorsports. said somethign about wanting to run some heated gear anyways. so the higher voltage would be appreciated. but until that comes, i will keep on with the testing to figure out exactly what his issue is. may try to go get the battery load tested today atleast.------- done,, battery tested fine and again, thank you all for the help.

will try and take the plug apart to inspect.

just rechecked everything. fuses good r/r good stator @ idle 17-19volts, got it to like 98 volts at a pretty high rev, had to be close to 4500, 5000 rpm for the stator ohms test, i believe i'm doing it right, have it on the 200 ohm scale, tested at the r/r plug and its at 10.8 and 10.6 across the pins.

i'll try and make this short and detailed. fixin my buddys venture, a 99. died on the road to ny last fall, he put in new battery and didnt get to far before it died again. brought it to me, charged up the battery and tested the charging system. stator was 96v, ohm'd out correctly r/r tested fine all plugs appear to be fine. ignition switch was bad, did the temp fix i found here with the toggle. voltage output while running tested around 13 at idle and 14 at mid range rpm's sent him on his way, figuring the switch wasn't allowing system to charge. he rode it to work 2 days fine. third day he went to a store, came out and dead battery. jump started it and only made it 1/2 mile before it died again. last night charged the battery with a charger. this morning i checked the voltage while running again, at idle right now its 13.6 volts. i think i did a draw test right, and i'm getting 00.7 on the 200m scale with key off, i installed the new ignition switch last night. i will redo the charging system test procedure with the new switch installed. what am i missing? if everything appears to be correct? or are my charging values a wee bit low enough to eventually run the battery down while driving?