makenzie71 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Posted January 1, 2012 2002 Banshee...ran great, lost key, replaced ignition switch, now no spark. I checked for continuity across the poles for the new switch and turning the key closes the circuit. I don't know what year model the ignition switch came from. Can the new key switch be the culprit? Quote
Larry's Shee Posted January 1, 2012 Report Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) I'll bet if you disconnect switch you'll have spark. I do believe you need a normally open switch, in otherwords when the switch is "on" no current will flow through. Just looked at Clmers manual (handy to have huh? ) and switch breaks connection (open) ground when "on" Edited January 1, 2012 by Larry's Shee Quote
makenzie71 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Report Posted January 1, 2012 I'll bet if you disconnect switch you'll have spark. I do believe you need a normally open switch, in otherwords when the switch is "on" no current will flow through. Just looked at Clmers manual (handy to have huh? ) and switch breaks connection (open) ground when "on" hmmm that's backwards from what I was reading on the switch..."on" closed the circuit, "off" was open. I'll disconnect it and try it out. Quote
BigRed350x Posted January 1, 2012 Report Posted January 1, 2012 hmmm that's backwards from what I was reading on the switch..."on" closed the circuit, "off" was open. I'll disconnect it and try it out. On most banshees you can bypass the key by shorting the two black wires together and shorting the two colored wires together. If I remember right they are something like brown and red on most wiring harnesses. - Jared Quote
dunebuggy09 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 try disconnecting the switch and let me know what happens....i had some bad wiring problems on my buddies that got running....if it does work i can give you a list of other things to check Quote
makenzie71 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Posted January 8, 2012 Disconnecting the switch didn't accomplish anything. There's only two wires...red and black. Jumping the two wires gets me spark. I actually rode it around a little today...and then one cylinder fouled and stopped running. If I cranked the throttle open it would fire back up and run, but only wanted to run at full tilt. After I shut it down she wouldn't fire back up at all. I get a little sputter now and then but no running. Thought maybe the carburetors were acting up so I cleaned them. No change. Acts like she's not getting any fuel at all at times...if I spray some cleaner in the air box she sputters a little more but still doesn't fire up. I don't have a working compression gauge anymore but she feels like she has strong compression and I just popped new plugs in. Has everything she needs...fuel, spark, and compression....should run. Doesn't. Starting to stress me out... Quote
Jereme6655 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Disconnecting the switch didn't accomplish anything. There's only two wires...red and black. Jumping the two wires gets me spark. I actually rode it around a little today...and then one cylinder fouled and stopped running. If I cranked the throttle open it would fire back up and run, but only wanted to run at full tilt. After I shut it down she wouldn't fire back up at all. I get a little sputter now and then but no running. Thought maybe the carburetors were acting up so I cleaned them. No change. Acts like she's not getting any fuel at all at times...if I spray some cleaner in the air box she sputters a little more but still doesn't fire up. I don't have a working compression gauge anymore but she feels like she has strong compression and I just popped new plugs in. Has everything she needs...fuel, spark, and compression....should run. Doesn't. Starting to stress me out... Makenzie have you rejetted for winter yet? When I bought my bike the PO had put pipes on it but never rejetted the bike..... Acted alot like your describing. Seemed like it wanted to drop a cylinder at idle and had to feather the throttle to get it to move.... But when you got past a certain point it would come alive. What's your current jetting at??? Sounds lean on the pilot Quote
makenzie71 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Posted January 9, 2012 Makenzie have you rejetted for winter yet? When I bought my bike the PO had put pipes on it but never rejetted the bike..... Acted alot like your describing. Seemed like it wanted to drop a cylinder at idle and had to feather the throttle to get it to move.... But when you got past a certain point it would come alive. What's your current jetting at??? Sounds lean on the pilot Well normally this bike runs great at it's current jetting...the exact numbers escape me. In this part of Texas, though, it's usually 70*f and higher or 20*f and lower. The latter no one rides in, and our temps the other day were pretty mild so jetting just shouldn't have been an issue. Quote
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