Big Kahuna
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what is that black thing going from the red wire at the battery to the brain??? could that be a fuse??? not labeled.
Are you as careless as me? total loss
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what is that black thing going from the red wire at the battery to the brain??? could that be a fuse??? not labeled.
Will disconnecting ground 1st on a TL fry it?
I don't know enough to make a blanket statement about it.
Not in my limited experience with MSD TL, though.
GIL
Power In The Hands Of Few
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- Cullman AL
My t/l is not fused right now-I bet it will be by this weekend! I have hooked cables up backwards at a race before on stk ignition-not good.
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
Thats why they call it total loss ,when it goes out or you screw up something its a total loss.
Well hooked everything up real frankenstein like and it appears to be firing both plugs every other time which is what it sounded like on the lake. I'll try to pull the engine tommorrow and double check that the flywheel and stator plate are ok. Wouldn't be the first time that more than one thing on this ski was causing the same problem.
Well I yanked the engine, pulled the flywheel and everything out and look what I found... :crazy:
Cleaned everything up, confirmed that the flywheel and pickup were working properly, and put it all back together. Unfortunately, it still appears to be firing every other time so I'm fearing the worst. I made a post on the MSD forums in hopes that one of the tech's there can offer some hope.
If not, who's got a cheap single channel brain they want to sell?
Cleaned everything up, confirmed that the flywheel and pickup were working properly, and put it all back together. Unfortunately, it still appears to be firing every other time so I'm fearing the worst. I made a post on the MSD forums in hopes that one of the tech's there can offer some hope.
If not, who's got a cheap single channel brain they want to sell?
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Disconnect the ground to the total loss while trying to start it? What would that do?
Shifty
- SuperJet Thursday -
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That sucks the big one, I would think anytime you smell the scent of burnt electronics... its done for. I had my positive cable from the battery contact the brain the other day, It sparked and I almost messes myself. No damage done but it scared me.
N3vrSat1sfied
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John, I havent read the whole thread but when i did this once it fried the stator on a 650sx. It worked for about ten minutes after hookin them up wrong then that was the end of it
Mouthfulloflake
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IM not so sure, just because I havent been posting much, doesnt mean I havent been squeezing the copper out of pennies in my garage dude!
Idok
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Kennay
Squarenose for the _____
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- Myrtle Beach, SC
This is why using a battery tender is the 
. It won't let you it up.
. It won't let you it up.
This is why using a battery tender is the
he hooked up the battery backwards,not the battery charger
Kennay
Squarenose for the _____
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- Myrtle Beach, SC
Reading > me
Clearly
My suggestion would to be to make the cables only reach their respective terminals. No more mistakes.
vitalikol
Jetski-Snowboard
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- Pennington,NJ
It's a FUSE
I guess it could be a fuse but why would it be connected to both positive and negative wires?