Post by william42 on May 6, 2014 7:44:56 GMT -5
Your alarm system is capable of "immobilizing the engine and cannot be started", according to my 2013 Heritage owners hand book. Your entire problem might be a result of not disarming the alarm system properly. Or maybe the alarm system isn't working like it should anymore. I disconnected my alarm system by removing the "automotive-type" fuse that is located on the front of the scooter, under the cowling, near the alarm system control box. My Scoot starts and runs fine without the alarm system in the circuit.
With that said, if I were looking for that problem on my scoot, I would start my scoot and then not shut it down until I found the culpret. Start with the alarm system fuse. With the bike running, pull the fuse. If it stays running then you know the scooter can and will run without the alarm system. Two things will have happened. The problem is either solved, or it is not. But I wouldn't shut it off yet.
With the engine still running, take each of the cable connectors that you messed with in your first post and, one by one, (as I mentioned in MY first in reply to your first post) wiggle and push and pull on each connector to see if the engine quits. If nothing happens then, at each of those same connectors, take each wire individually on that connector and do the same thing.
Chances are, a wire is going to break AT a connector, not somewhere in the middle of the wire. Or the problem could be that it's the connection itself. A connection consists of male and female terminal ends. Those connectors must have a tight mating surface. They can become dirty, loose, or even break over time.
You could even disconnect a plug and see what happens with the engine. If the engine stays running with the plug disconnected, you could assume that the problem isn't with that connector. Find one that kills the engine and suspect that cable plug connector and focus your energy and efforts on each wire in that cable.
Also consider a wear-through on a wire. It could be that a wire is rubbing on the frame of the bike and with time and vibration it could have wore through the insulation and is either grounding out on the frame or broke and just hanging on by a thread. Look at any wires that are in contact with anything else and make sure they are still intact. Look closely and look at everything slowly. You don't want to miss anything.
Wiring can be a difficult thing to diagnose so just take your time and sytematically check each individual wire. There are only so many of them. You will eventually find it. But start with the alarm system...
With that said, if I were looking for that problem on my scoot, I would start my scoot and then not shut it down until I found the culpret. Start with the alarm system fuse. With the bike running, pull the fuse. If it stays running then you know the scooter can and will run without the alarm system. Two things will have happened. The problem is either solved, or it is not. But I wouldn't shut it off yet.
With the engine still running, take each of the cable connectors that you messed with in your first post and, one by one, (as I mentioned in MY first in reply to your first post) wiggle and push and pull on each connector to see if the engine quits. If nothing happens then, at each of those same connectors, take each wire individually on that connector and do the same thing.
Chances are, a wire is going to break AT a connector, not somewhere in the middle of the wire. Or the problem could be that it's the connection itself. A connection consists of male and female terminal ends. Those connectors must have a tight mating surface. They can become dirty, loose, or even break over time.
You could even disconnect a plug and see what happens with the engine. If the engine stays running with the plug disconnected, you could assume that the problem isn't with that connector. Find one that kills the engine and suspect that cable plug connector and focus your energy and efforts on each wire in that cable.
Also consider a wear-through on a wire. It could be that a wire is rubbing on the frame of the bike and with time and vibration it could have wore through the insulation and is either grounding out on the frame or broke and just hanging on by a thread. Look at any wires that are in contact with anything else and make sure they are still intact. Look closely and look at everything slowly. You don't want to miss anything.
Wiring can be a difficult thing to diagnose so just take your time and sytematically check each individual wire. There are only so many of them. You will eventually find it. But start with the alarm system...
