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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Alright, I need some help from some of you technical guys out there....I rode my ultra about 200 miles saturday with no problems at all , came home and parked in the garage......got up to go to work today and wouldnt start...after further investigation I found no spark.....pulled the ignition coil off and ohmed it out according to the repair manual and everything checks out ok.....the 12v wire going to the coil is hot with the switch on, but i dont get any reading on the other 3 wires in the electrical plug going to the coil....It appears to me that the ecm could be bad, but Im looking for any other options before replacing the high priced ecm.....any help would be appreciated....thanks
 
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How did you test the spark to determine it didn't have spark?
 
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with a spark tester
 
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Where the plugs in the head or removed?
 
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checked it both ways....took it to my local indy today and he hooked it up to the scanner and it looks to be a crankshaft position sensor.....hope he is right
 
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CKP is what I was getting at...good luck
 
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quick check on a bagger for a bad ckp is to crank the bike and if there is no increase on the rpms then there is no ac signal
 
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