sufidancer
Well-Known Member
Greetings fellow Maxxers.
I decided to start a new thread on this age old problem.
I have a 2000 vmax that for the past month has vexed me starting with the carbs acting up and having issues starting and idle. I did the peashooter and cleaned the hell out of it and it did start and improve but still idle like crap. But it rode.
Then my starter clutch gave up. I replaced it. However I did not replace the 3 allens to the starter clutch so I was back into it in 2 days. I replaced the starter clutch with new bolts and peaned them. And had to order a new crank woodruff.
In the process of starting the max I decided to siphon out my tank and replace the fuel filter. Holy crap the fuel filter looked like original equipment. The bike started great, ran and gave nice throttle response. Unfortunately I had a little oil leak in the stator cover/case. So I turned it off and drained the oil and took off the allens on the stator cover/case once I was getting the cover off I realized I needed to take off the other cover and peg and shifter first in order to get the stator cover off. Well that sucked because I was sitting there holding that big cover and had no where to put it and the wires where getting some tension. I gingerly laid it down on the ground but there was some tension on the wires, while I took off the peg and shifter and other cover. I got the new gasket done, put it all back together and went to bed.
Next morning the damn bike would not start. Nothing. I had just changed the battery a month ago with the larger box / Goldwing battery and the bike starter sounded smooth and good. I hooked up the bike to my truck and had a jumper cables going to keep power to the bike while I tried cranking. I could hear the slight muffled thump thump every time the thing turned over but no "catch" and no signs of smoke coming from the carbs what so ever. I eventually pulled a spark plug, plugs not that old maybe last season. The plug looked fine but a bit wet from gas. I hooked the plug to the spark plug wire and grounded the plug with a pliers and could see NO spark. I went on the right side and pulled the front spark plug and did the same. NO SPARK. So I am thinking I screwed something up with those wires that go to the stator and what ever they connect to.
I checked the fuse under the seat for ignition and it was good and to be sure I put the spare in the ignition and tried to crank and still no spark.
I did find some corrosion on 2 wires under the VMAX badge cover , I cleaned them well the connectors and reconnected them. NOTHING. I check the ohms with my meter of the black and the orange wire under the seat that is I think the ignition. It read 6 Ohms If I did it correct. I don't know if I am suppose to turn on the key when I check this wire. The only way I could check it was to stick my probe inside the connector on the little blades.
So now I guess I need to once again open the case and look at the stator wires and the bundle of wires under there to make sure I did not bugger anything up in there. Which sucks cuz this is like the third time Ive been into this case. So I will report back after I do that hopefully it is a disconnected wire. I can not think my stator shit the bed like that. Forgive my ignorance but Would the stator going out keep me from getting spark?
Sorry this is so long. Any advice is very welcome. This bike needs to get back on the road.
I decided to start a new thread on this age old problem.
I have a 2000 vmax that for the past month has vexed me starting with the carbs acting up and having issues starting and idle. I did the peashooter and cleaned the hell out of it and it did start and improve but still idle like crap. But it rode.
Then my starter clutch gave up. I replaced it. However I did not replace the 3 allens to the starter clutch so I was back into it in 2 days. I replaced the starter clutch with new bolts and peaned them. And had to order a new crank woodruff.
In the process of starting the max I decided to siphon out my tank and replace the fuel filter. Holy crap the fuel filter looked like original equipment. The bike started great, ran and gave nice throttle response. Unfortunately I had a little oil leak in the stator cover/case. So I turned it off and drained the oil and took off the allens on the stator cover/case once I was getting the cover off I realized I needed to take off the other cover and peg and shifter first in order to get the stator cover off. Well that sucked because I was sitting there holding that big cover and had no where to put it and the wires where getting some tension. I gingerly laid it down on the ground but there was some tension on the wires, while I took off the peg and shifter and other cover. I got the new gasket done, put it all back together and went to bed.
Next morning the damn bike would not start. Nothing. I had just changed the battery a month ago with the larger box / Goldwing battery and the bike starter sounded smooth and good. I hooked up the bike to my truck and had a jumper cables going to keep power to the bike while I tried cranking. I could hear the slight muffled thump thump every time the thing turned over but no "catch" and no signs of smoke coming from the carbs what so ever. I eventually pulled a spark plug, plugs not that old maybe last season. The plug looked fine but a bit wet from gas. I hooked the plug to the spark plug wire and grounded the plug with a pliers and could see NO spark. I went on the right side and pulled the front spark plug and did the same. NO SPARK. So I am thinking I screwed something up with those wires that go to the stator and what ever they connect to.
I checked the fuse under the seat for ignition and it was good and to be sure I put the spare in the ignition and tried to crank and still no spark.
I did find some corrosion on 2 wires under the VMAX badge cover , I cleaned them well the connectors and reconnected them. NOTHING. I check the ohms with my meter of the black and the orange wire under the seat that is I think the ignition. It read 6 Ohms If I did it correct. I don't know if I am suppose to turn on the key when I check this wire. The only way I could check it was to stick my probe inside the connector on the little blades.
So now I guess I need to once again open the case and look at the stator wires and the bundle of wires under there to make sure I did not bugger anything up in there. Which sucks cuz this is like the third time Ive been into this case. So I will report back after I do that hopefully it is a disconnected wire. I can not think my stator shit the bed like that. Forgive my ignorance but Would the stator going out keep me from getting spark?
Sorry this is so long. Any advice is very welcome. This bike needs to get back on the road.
