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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 12:15 PM
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i HAVE A 1995 FLHTC CARBURATED, IT HAS AN INTERMITTANT PROBLEM, IT STARTED AS i WOULD START TO THROTTLE IT AND IT WOULD LOSE POWER IF I LET OFF THE THROTTLE IT WOULD IDLE FINE,THEN VERY QUICKLY IT TURNED INTO WHEN I TURNED ON MY IGNITION I WOULD HAVE NOTHING AT THE IGNITION SWITCH THE HEADLIGHT WOULDNT WORK, THEN AT TIMES IT WOULD FIRE RIGHT UP RIDE FOR THE DAY AND THEN START THE STUTTERING AGAIN, AT THE WORSE POSSIBLE MOMENTS, I REMOVED THE OUTER FEARING AND DISCONECTED THE SYSTEM RELAY THIS RECREATED THE NO IGNITION AND NO HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. HAS ANYONE HAD THIS TYPE OF ISSUE?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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Did you look at & tighten down the battery cables? A loose + cable did all that you described on my ride once long ago.
 
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