**HELP**!! Bike won't start
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***GOOD NEWS***THE BIKE STARTS AGAIN!!!
Just wanted to closed out this thread in case anyone changing handlebars has the same problem. As you know, I put 16" apes on my 2004 Wide Glide. After installing the bars, wires, and cables, and meticulously checking everything, the bike would turn over but not fire up. The problem was a bad ground wire coming off the right handlebar switch which caused a lack of power to the coil/plugs. The wire broke loose at the right-turn-signal Deutsch connector as I pushed the wires back inside the frame. After a week of checking the crank position sensor, spark plugs/wires, coil, TSSM, ICM, battery, resetting the security system, calling mechanics/friends, etc, I repulled the tank, pulled the wires back out, and rechecked the connections. If you replace handlebars on a 2004 Dyna Wide Glide, check, double check, triple check, the Fu*#ING Deutsch connectors.
Just wanted to closed out this thread in case anyone changing handlebars has the same problem. As you know, I put 16" apes on my 2004 Wide Glide. After installing the bars, wires, and cables, and meticulously checking everything, the bike would turn over but not fire up. The problem was a bad ground wire coming off the right handlebar switch which caused a lack of power to the coil/plugs. The wire broke loose at the right-turn-signal Deutsch connector as I pushed the wires back inside the frame. After a week of checking the crank position sensor, spark plugs/wires, coil, TSSM, ICM, battery, resetting the security system, calling mechanics/friends, etc, I repulled the tank, pulled the wires back out, and rechecked the connections. If you replace handlebars on a 2004 Dyna Wide Glide, check, double check, triple check, the Fu*#ING Deutsch connectors.
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From: Batesville Ga
***GOOD NEWS***THE BIKE STARTS AGAIN!!!
Just wanted to closed out this thread in case anyone changing handlebars has the same problem. As you know, I put 16" apes on my 2004 Wide Glide. After installing the bars, wires, and cables, and meticulously checking everything, the bike would turn over but not fire up. The problem was a bad ground wire coming off the right handlebar switch which caused a lack of power to the coil/plugs. The wire broke loose at the right-turn-signal Deutsch connector as I pushed the wires back inside the frame. After a week of checking the crank position sensor, spark plugs/wires, coil, TSSM, ICM, battery, resetting the security system, calling mechanics/friends, etc, I repulled the tank, pulled the wires back out, and rechecked the connections. If you replace handlebars on a 2004 Dyna Wide Glide, check, double check, triple check, the Fu*#ING Deutsch connectors.
Just wanted to closed out this thread in case anyone changing handlebars has the same problem. As you know, I put 16" apes on my 2004 Wide Glide. After installing the bars, wires, and cables, and meticulously checking everything, the bike would turn over but not fire up. The problem was a bad ground wire coming off the right handlebar switch which caused a lack of power to the coil/plugs. The wire broke loose at the right-turn-signal Deutsch connector as I pushed the wires back inside the frame. After a week of checking the crank position sensor, spark plugs/wires, coil, TSSM, ICM, battery, resetting the security system, calling mechanics/friends, etc, I repulled the tank, pulled the wires back out, and rechecked the connections. If you replace handlebars on a 2004 Dyna Wide Glide, check, double check, triple check, the Fu*#ING Deutsch connectors.
But human nature being what it is, and most of us being human, we usually convince ourselves we did everything perfectly so this has to be some wild a$$ coincidence that just happened at exactly the same time.
BTDT more times than I care to admit.
Glad you got it fixed and kudos.
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