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Old Aug 26, 2017 | 01:45 PM
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Hey all!
New to this forum, but hoping for help.
97 Fatboy 1340 Evo engine.
Riding home, and the engine just up, and quits.
Get it towed, and start looking at things. No spark at all. after reading other threads in these forums, I decided to start with the cam position sensor. $200 bucks later I have a new sensor, but still no spark. Next the coil.
installed that, and had spark for about ten minutes, then back to nothing.
Should I just go for the tri-fecta, and replace the module next? Hate to just keep throwing good money after bad, but what else is there on this bike?
 
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Old Aug 27, 2017 | 12:28 AM
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check your grounds an maybe try this:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...le-riding.html
 
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You may want to post this in the Evo section as well.
 
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