Asking for help and advice, please,,took bike for run this morning, 3 miles later, cuts out, nothing, no electric, nothing,, im not the best mechanicly, just sat there thinking, what next,, tried keys again and she started with a splutter but started,, off i go again, same thing happened about 6 times in the next 5 miles,, nothing, no electric,,
Went to see mechanic friend and he said probably ignition, the key has a bit of play in it,,, any other ideas please
Many thanks,
K7
60,000 miles
Was the dash still on? so you could see the clock etc when it stopped?
no,nothing on at all,, the time on clock reset to 1.00
the odometer changed to total mileage
Possibly broken earth cable from battery to rear bolt on crank case breather, they are prone to fracturing or maybe check the battery box for water ingress which may have got into the ECU plugs - if it is the ignition switch a good flush out with electrical contact cleaner can help
Yeah I'd go with the earth or loose battery lead then. If it was the ignition it wouldn't reset the clock as that's not a switched live.
Agree with loss of battery. Connection bad somewhere.
Also check the kill switch at the clutch and at the sidesteps, they glitch from time to time.
Eric, just battery lost. The clue is clock going back to 1 o clock. Default setting for every vehicle, radio fitted will go back to 87.5 FM. Thats why a CAN bus reset, just connect positive lead to negative, is a must for most cars after low/ flat battery. Computer freaks out at low volts, has to be forced back to its first learning step. After can bus, re hook good power supply, at least 12.6, turn on ignition, let everything re learn, up to 10 minutes some, Ford Raider example. Then can start. After that, windows, sunroofs need to re learn, hold switches fully up/open up to 30secs, fully down/ closed same. Rovers, Audis etc all need this.
Thank you to everyone for the replies, will be sure to pass, the advice on,,
Im sure like everyone else, i hate it when things go wrong and have no idea
How to fix or know what is the problem.
The bike has, done 60.000 miles, and i just wonder what else will start to go wrong with her,,,,
Thanks again for replying, Ian
Quote from: grog on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 06:29 PM
Eric, just battery lost. The clue is clock going back to 1 o clock. Default setting for every vehicle, radio fitted will go back to 87.5 FM. Thats why a CAN bus reset, just connect positive lead to negative, is a must for most cars after low/ flat battery. Computer freaks out at low volts, has to be forced back to its first learning step. After can bus, re hook good power supply, at least 12.6, turn on ignition, let everything re learn, up to 10 minutes some, Ford Raider example. Then can start. After that, windows, sunroofs need to re learn, hold switches fully up/open up to 30secs, fully down/ closed same. Rovers, Audis etc all need this.
Exactly, my Land rover is like that, they need a reset once in a while.
Quote from: nod on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 06:57 PM
Thank you to everyone for the replies, will be sure to pass, the advice on,,
Im sure like everyone else, i hate it when things go wrong and have no idea
How to fix or know what is the problem.
The bike has, done 60.000 miles, and i just wonder what else will start to go wrong with her,,,,
Thanks again for replying, Ian
It's hardly run in. Mines done 100k more than that...
Check the battery -Ve.
There's the main thick wire coming off it and then a thinner black/white which is your loom earth. Trace it to the connector near the battery. Pull connector apart, clean it and reconnect it. Common for these connectors to fail and the bike will die completely as yours is.
Good luck :onya:
I agree check all the connections and earth's.
When the main earth lead went on my k6 the bike tried to return the current when starting it via the gear postion wires frying them so I had to rewire everything down in the clutch slave cylinder area of the bike .
Good luck :cheers:
@grog Exactly why I love my 1995 basic direct injection diesel land rover. No complicated electronic bullshit.
but back on topic def sounds like a battery/ground issue.