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I'm finishing the wiring on my 1998 XL Custom based chopper. It cranked, started and ran perfectly with a broken BAS. The top portion of the BAS was broken off, the switch function was gone and just a small portion of a circuit board remained.
I bought a replacement one (P/N 32495-98) installed and oriented it correctly, I think - plug at the bottom, no?
With the new part it won't crank at all, no power to the starter. If I put the "broken" BAS back in it cranks fine.
I know to cycle the ignition to reset the BAS. Any thoughts?
I went back and reviewed my prior work and found a bad crimp in a connector termination that allowed an intermittent fault in the starter relay connection.
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