kill switch problem

[twizted269]

on my 87 the run switch does not kill the engine. i checked for connection from all wires and grounds and they seem just fine. the key will kill it but not the run switch. anyone else ever have this problem? any sugestions?

[2001Stroker]

The kill switch gounds out the spark. It may either have a bad ground, or the contacts inside the switch might be corroded. Mine did that on occasion too.

[twizted269]

The kill switch gounds out the spark. It may either have a bad ground, or the contacts inside the switch might be corroded. Mine did that on occasion too.

i checked the connection for corrosion and they are clean. good inside the switch. whatever it is, its after that. i tried to ground out each wire without the switch and i still have spark. i can tell where its supposed to go to and where its shorted. would i just splice in a wire from the coil circuit and ground that out to fix it?

[PACIFIC NW BANSHEE]

on my 87 the run switch does not kill the engine. i checked for connection from all wires and grounds and they seem just fine. the key will kill it but not the run switch. anyone else ever have this problem? any sugestions?

 

 

 

First off do you have a meter and a manual .Second if you do not you should borrow a meter and manual.My best guess as far as what the problem is a black ground wire some where in your harness is going to ground and when you turn off the switch you still have a ground wire backfeeding your coil and causing the coil to still get power .So start by looking for a bad wire check your lite bulbs anything that can back feed your system .

Edited February 16, 2009 by PACIFIC NW BANSHEE

[twizted269]

First off do you have a meter and a manual .Second if you do not you should borrow a meter and manual.My best guess as far as what the problem is a black ground wire some where in your harness is going to ground and when you turn off the switch you still have a ground wire backfeeding your coil and causing the coil to still get power .So start by looking for a bad wire check your lite bulbs anything that can back feed your system .

i do have a meter and a manual and checkd all wires for conductivity. all checked good but dont know how to check for backfeeding. i think im gonna pull the harness out and just re do all of it. then i can get rid of all the tors bullshit while im at it. any easy way to check for back feeding before that?

[PACIFIC NW BANSHEE]

i do have a meter and a manual and checkd all wires for conductivity. all checked good but dont know how to check for backfeeding. i think im gonna pull the harness out and just re do all of it. then i can get rid of all the tors bullshit while im at it. any easy way to check for back feeding before that?

 

 

My bad i have been drinking a little i steered you in the wrong direction .check the black and yellow wire between your kill switch and cdi unplug from cdi and set your meter to ring if it does not ring wire has a break in it that could be your problem. Or check the black wire on your kill switch to ground with a meter if it does not ring out that could be your problem .

[twizted269]

My bad i have been drinking a little i steered you in the wrong direction .check the black and yellow wire between your kill switch and cdi unplug from cdi and set your meter to ring if it does not ring wire has a break in it that could be your problem. Or check the black wire on your kill switch to ground with a meter if it does not ring out that could be your problem .

i tried that also and the answer was ringing to my ears. i thought that the ground would be the prblem but it seems to be grounded fine. even grounded it str8 to the frame. still have spark. im pretty good with electrical like that but this ones got me baffled. everything is stock and when i got the bike it didnt have the switches. put one on and it has never worked for me. all wires are hooked up right too. i dont mind using the key but it bothers the hell out of me knowing somethings wrong.

[PACIFIC NW BANSHEE]

i tried that also and the answer was ringing to my ears. i thought that the ground would be the prblem but it seems to be grounded fine. even grounded it str8 to the frame. still have spark. im pretty good with electrical like that but this ones got me baffled. everything is stock and when i got the bike it didnt have the switches. put one on and it has never worked for me. all wires are hooked up right too. i dont mind using the key but it bothers the hell out of me knowing somethings wrong.

 

 

I am looking at the wiring diagram as we type .And i typed black and yellow when it is the black and white that goes to the cdi .It is just hard as hell to trouble shoot things with out being there in person it could be a bad cdi ????

[twizted269]

I am looking at the wiring diagram as we type .And i typed black and yellow when it is the black and white that goes to the cdi .It is just hard as hell to trouble shoot things with out being there in person it could be a bad cdi ????

i hear ya on the troubleshooting. i wouldnt think it wouldnt be the cdi since it runs fine. i dont really know what it could be.

[PACIFIC NW BANSHEE]

i hear ya on the troubleshooting. i wouldnt think it wouldnt be the cdi since it runs fine. i dont really know what it could be.

 

Yeah i here yah i dont know with out sitting there and trouble shooting it myself .

[twizted269]

yeah ill mess with it more after work tomarrow and see what i can come up with.

[AKheathen]

test between the black/white wire, and black wire at the cdi, with everything connected. if the switch turns the continuity on and of, then all wires and circuts are fine on the bike. there can be a dry connection in the cdi, and the keyswitch uses the red/black wire to turn the cdi on. the tors also uses the same wire as the killswitch. when you go to remove the tors, just unplug and remove the little box under the gas tank. the carb and throttle wires will be dead, so do whatever you want with them.