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From: Johan Rossi on 12 Dec 2009 12:24
Steve Irving wrote:
> On 12/12/2009 9:49 AM, Johan Rossi wrote:
>> Scott wrote:
<whack>
>>> 85000 miles and no problems?
>>
>> Not hard to do with a little PM.
>>
>>> The Lort has already helped you. It's up to a mechanic now.
>>
>> Glory!
>> Hopefully it wont come to that. I'm buying a new ba-tray first. I just
>> tried it after being on the ba-tray tender all night, and it fired right
>> up.
>
> How old's the ba-tray??????

4 ish years. It's on a ba-tray tender when the bike is parked in the
garage. I think sitting in the cold all day drained a ba-tray that was
just starting to go south. Since it's on the tender, I don't notice it
when I leave.
The odd thing was that it did crank quite a few times. <shrug>
I'm getting a ba-tray anyway and going from there. There were two
historic trouble codes. #23 and #41. I'm going to attribute those to the
excess cranking and backfiring.

> Living down here in the desert, I only give mine about 2 years....heat
> is BAD for ba-trays.........

Softail ba-trays are wrapped by a oil tank, shirley doesn't help.

> I stopped in Virginia for a new ba-tray, only because I thought I was
> seeing lower than normal voltage on it when I turned the ignition switch
> to the "on" position. Seemed to be charging OK though (14.5VDC or so).
>
> Old ba-tray would have probably made the trip OK, but if I'd NOT changed
> it....I'd probably STILL be sitting along side US-50 in Nevada someplace.

Better safe than sorry!
--
John
From: Johan Rossi on 12 Dec 2009 12:47
Steve Irving wrote:
> On 12/12/2009 10:24 AM, Johan Rossi wrote:
>
>>>
>>> How old's the ba-tray??????
>>
>> 4 ish years. It's on a ba-tray tender when the bike is parked in the
>> garage.
>
> I didn't used to do that, seemed like I rode every day when I was still
> working for a living. Nowadays though I try to keep it plugged in......

I plug it in even when riding daily, hoping that it will prolong the
life of the ba-tray. Not sure if it does. <shrug>

--
John
From: Johan Rossi on 12 Dec 2009 13:55
Johan Rossi wrote:
> Steve Irving wrote:
>> On 12/12/2009 10:24 AM, Johan Rossi wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> How old's the ba-tray??????
>>>
>>> 4 ish years. It's on a ba-tray tender when the bike is parked in the
>>> garage.
>>
>> I didn't used to do that, seemed like I rode every day when I was
>> still working for a living. Nowadays though I try to keep it plugged
>> in......
>
> I plug it in even when riding daily, hoping that it will prolong the
> life of the ba-tray. Not sure if it does. <shrug>

Just checked my records. 1st ba-tray lasted three years, I only used the
tender over the wintertime.
Ba-tray #2, same part number lasted slightly over four years. Used
tender all the time.
--
John
From: Jinks on 12 Dec 2009 16:04
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:31:48 -0500, Johan Rossi <fyyff666(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>LarryInEastTn wrote:
>> "Johan Rossi" <fyyff666(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:hg094k$ena$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> A round of drinks for those who stuck with this, and another for any
>>> advice on where to start.
>>> --
>>> John - start ha ha
>>
>> Crank position sensor? Just a guess.
>
>Even though it cranked, I think the battery is suspect.

What did the tach do when you were crankin'?

Jinks ('86FXRS, '07FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
From: Johan Rossi on 13 Dec 2009 15:40
Jinks wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:31:48 -0500, Johan Rossi <fyyff666(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> LarryInEastTn wrote:
>>> "Johan Rossi" <fyyff666(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:hg094k$ena$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> A round of drinks for those who stuck with this, and another for any
>>>> advice on where to start.
>>>> --
>>>> John - start ha ha
>>> Crank position sensor? Just a guess.
>> Even though it cranked, I think the battery is suspect.
>
> What did the tach do when you were crankin'?

I don't have one. You could get me one for Christmas, in case you were
looking for ideas. <g>

> Jinks ('86FXRS, '07FLTR)
> #64
> Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
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