So school me.
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I did this on my Shovel and it worked great. I was going to do it on my 89 FLT, and I thought I read on here you had to run the extra relay to get the power directly from the battery (for some reason). I am assuming your 89 Electra Glide is the exact same wiring as my 89 FLT. So instead of the relay getting its 12v from the ignition circuit, you fed it straight off of the battery (fused of course)?
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You can just run it off the silver (output) stud of the main breaker, 14AWG wire, this is how the factory wired the early Softails.
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Yes...certainly Could...
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add a wire
I'm going to try this on my 88 FLHS that also experiences " starter stall." The starter relay is attached to the panel directly in front of the battery box /oil tank on my bike. Is there a definite way to identify the correct terminal on the relay to connect the new lead from the battery to? Thanks
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I'm going to try this on my 88 FLHS that also experiences " starter stall." The starter relay is attached to the panel directly in front of the battery box /oil tank on my bike. Is there a definite way to identify the correct terminal on the relay to connect the new lead from the battery to? Thanks
Well mine was doing that and I replaced the relay circuit breakers, and it still was doing it. It ended up being the ignition switch itself. After I troubleshooted it farther. I took the switch apart and I had corrosion on the contact points in the switch. So when it called for the load it would lose contact. And I would lose power to the ignition and starter side. I still had power to lights etc. after I replaced the switch with a new one no more issues. Just my 2 cents, and what happened to me.
Last edited by Inenidok; Jul 6, 2023 at 08:03 PM.
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