blowing ignition fuse, won't start
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blowing ignition fuse, won't start
2001 heritage softail, I started it up yesterday morning and backed it out of the garage, then realized I forgot something in the house, so turned it off. When I got back to start it up, it wouldn't start. Checked the fuses, and the ignition fuse was blown, put a new fuse in it, hit the start button and it instantly blew the ignition fuse. Put another new fuse in, same thing. Blew 4 or 5 fuses.
Any advice as to whats causing this? I have the service manual, I'd much rather figure this out on my own than taking it to the dealer at $70/hr labor
Thanks
Any advice as to whats causing this? I have the service manual, I'd much rather figure this out on my own than taking it to the dealer at $70/hr labor
Thanks
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yes its got 18" ape hangers, but no work like that has been done on the bike in a long time. I did give it a very thororgh washing a few days ago,
think maybe something got wet? and thats causing it?
thank all of you for the advice so far, I'm going to check for any loose ground wires
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also forgot to mention, it does have a screamin eagle ignition module but that was installed on it several yrs ago
I changed out the black swithes about 2 or 3 months ago for the chrome switches but everything has worked fine since then
so its just weird how it started right the other morning and then 3 mins later this happened
I changed out the black swithes about 2 or 3 months ago for the chrome switches but everything has worked fine since then
so its just weird how it started right the other morning and then 3 mins later this happened
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The start button wires are "pinched" in the brake resevoir/lever clamps that go over your handlebar. Open them up and try it. You probably can fix the problem by grinding out the half-moon area where the lines go thru. Also, grind out the lower half of the swith mount halves.