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Vecchio_lupo
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 07:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK I repaired all the crash damage from last year and the S3 was running as good as ever on the lift table. I decided to pull off the old SAE pigtail for the charger. I sparked the hot wire pretty good, and now the accessory position works and the tail light/ turn signals work,but when I put the ignition switch in the start/run position, I have no fuel pump, no headlights, horn or starter. I checked the fuses and they are OK but I still have a dead S3. Any ideas about a main fuse somewhere?

Thanks
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01x1buell
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 08:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

check the relays....
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Vecchio_lupo
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

well, in the time it took for mr to open the manual, look for main circuit breaker and or fuse/relay, I said a short prayer to Joe Lucas, the patron saint of motorcycle electrics and found one. I removed the fuel tank and tail section, and began to test connections as well as unplug and replug every fuse/relay/diode I could find.

I noticed my headlight came on and the horn worked, I checked for power at the fuel pump connector and there was power. I bumped the starter and it bumped. Huh... I buttoned everything back and she fired right up and runs like before.
I guess Tubers are so Grand that they can heal themselves.
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Sparky
Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 11:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

IIRC, S3's have a main Circuit Breaker where if there is an overload, it open-circuits for a short time and then resets. If so, that's what likely happened.
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Dannybuell
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 - 12:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

there goes another mystical explanation... ; )
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