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Old Apr 3, 2026 | 04:46 PM
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Turn the KEY switch to ON.
Then go to the RUN/STOP switch on RIGHT handlebar and flip it to ON.
Does that RUN/STOP switch make fuel pump run for about 3 seconds?
*Basically trying to rule-out a malfunction along the RUN/STOP switch OR the wiring to the right hand control.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2026 | 05:35 PM
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I asked this in post 13 but never saw a reply:
If the starter will crank the engine the power is at the righthand controls, can you pull the relay and check for 12V at 86? Also put a lead in 85, other lead on ground and turn ign on then off to run and see if you get a brief continuity to ground.

power at 86 would be at the relay coil, if power is there then the question is why the ECM doesn't ground .

 
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@OtterTail05 Did you get it fixed?
 
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Originally Posted by Vernal
I asked this in post 13 but never saw a reply:
If the starter will crank the engine the power is at the righthand controls, can you pull the relay and check for 12V at 86? Also put a lead in 85, other lead on ground and turn ign on then off to run and see if you get a brief continuity to ground.

power at 86 would be at the relay coil, if power is there then the question is why the ECM doesn't ground .
has power at 86 no issue there, when i try 85 to ground with relay installed it does not get a brief ground at key on, but when cycling to off it gets a momentary ground.
 
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@OtterTail05 The W/BK wire also goes to the ECM slot 13, +12V?
 
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