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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 04:38 PM
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I have had my 2006 FLH for 3 years now. last year I had an intermittent problem start and hasn't gone away. I can be riding and all of a sudden the ampmeter gauge will drop from 14+ volts down to 10ish and the check engine light and stuff comes on. I keep going and after a mile or so it will come back up and be back to normal. here recently I have had the opposite problem. be riding and all of a sudden the ampmeter will peg out, lights getting brighter and then It will go back to normal after a minute or two. I suspect the voltage regulator being bad, anyone got any tips for me?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 05:15 AM
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Yup! Go to the DIY Electrical section where there are stickys with tips on checking your charging system. That should enable you to identify the culprit.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 09:28 AM
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sounds like a bad connection, check at battery and grounding.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 09:51 AM
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Same thing with mine. I ended up putting a new stator, and a volt regulator on. Not a bad job.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 10:08 AM
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If ya wind up needing a VR cycleelectric.com is a good place to get one.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 11:02 AM
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Sound like bad ground someplace.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:10 PM
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thx everyone, gonna test everything tomorrow. should have thought about looking at dyi section, some good info there.
 
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Mine was the regulator. If you're pegging the volt meter I wouldn't ride it as that will fry your stator if it goes on long enough.

Amazon had the cheapest replacement at $164.00 delivered from Cycle Electric.
 
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yea D, it happened going home from work the other day. did the checks and the the regulator was bad, drove the truck straight down to HD and bought a new one. took it for a couple short trips and purposely went towards the rain. and so far everything is much better.
 
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Glad you fixed it.
Thanks for the reply on fixing it.
Ride safe.
 
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