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2000 Harley Davidson FLHT Electra Glide Standard - Page 5 Questions & Answers
When hitting the starter button it sparks at negative terminal
Okay first thing to do is stop trying this! check the battery connections make sure they are tight. Next dry the bike I do mean dry it with like a leaf blower or something, let it bake in the sun. You may have gotten water between any number of electrical connectors, so trying to tell you which one(s) to check would be just frustrating for you. Still check them all! If you used a pressure wash of any kind we could be in a little deeper mess. In the future only use low pressure water to wash and rinse the bike. Mr Clean makes this pretty cool "spotless" wash product, it works for me.
One last thing if you still have no luck remove the console from the tank and check you main switch there for moisture. Over time the "grease" in the main dries out and contacts corode. Gently disconnect the main (the heavy gauge wires) from the switch, and again gently blow dry the connector and switch.
If you think you need to replace the switch, take your key code and about $105 and go down to your Harley dealer and order one. Hope this helps,
JP
Battery not charging 2000 flht/regulator or stater
unhook the nefative cable from the battery and start the bike by using another battery and then unhook the starting battery. Put a volt meter from the negative cable and then to the negative side of the battery. It should show around 14 volts if charging system is working ok.
My 81 flh shuts down after a half hour of riding
Sounds like it could be the ignition plate. one easy trick is to use a heat gun or a hair dryer. Heat up the plate when the bike is cold and see if you can recreate the issue be heating up the plate. The motor gives off alot of heat down there. Check for the rubber or epoxy looking material to be soft. If it is bad replace with a Dyna ignition. It's stupid proof on the install side as well as dependable. Other brands don't tend to have the stamina like the Dyna does. I’m happy to assist further over the phone at
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Have a 2000 FLH 17,000 miles. Runs then dies with
First thing to check is the battery cables. Positive AND negative.
Corrosion could lead to the intermittent failures you are experiencing.
Have you checked the voltage? Running and not running? With a Digital Multimeter?
Off - the battery should read 8.5-12VDC
Running - the battery should read 14VDC +/- .5V
if the battery is under 8V, the accessories will power on - but there will be insufficient voltage to engage the starter solenoid.
Anything out of this spec means the alternator or battery is faulty.
Have them LOAD tested to be sure they are operating properly.
Next area you should be looking at is the Throttle Position Sensor. If it is faulty and goes out of range - there will be a shutdown. Does it Idle properly? Will it sit all day at idle - but when you use the throttle it cuts out - or does it cut out under both conditions??
If you have a kickstand sensor installed - this could have failed, giving the bike a signal the stand is down, and shutting down. Jumper it and try again.
Lastly - if the ECM has failed - it will need to be replaced. The Heat up condition may be a telltale sign that there is a cold solder joint inside - that once heated separates from the main board, and then there is no contact. Once it cools down and the connection is re-made - it starts up - just to fail again after the ECM cools.
These are a few options... looks like you have your work cut out for you!!
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Oil leak from air cleaner area
Hello bpowell456....this is more or less a generic problem on the harley.... an over filled oil tank will make it puke oil from the intake and a sticky check ball valve will cause it also...this ball type valve allows oil to drain back ...very common after sitting a while|
Good luck ...hope this helps
Looking to either replace or repair broken inner
i can get you the part numbers 2 moro no probs , im taking it that you have a ultra? electra glide or simaler and you mean the brackets either side of the stereo that hold the inner the inner fairing ,what year and what market i.e uk/us ? id pop down the local hardware store and buy a bit of metal and rivit it to the original ones to stregnthen them as they snap off for a past time i have done this several times and never had a broken one yet .
hope this helps
kind regards
bert31000
95 Softail oil light comes on when it's warm only at idle.
the only way to check the oil pressure switch is to remove it and replace it, or test with a analog guage, if the pressure at idle is 5psi or higher at idle just replace the switch, the switch is not real percise and harleys have a dry sump oil system, and the pump is a g-rotor style dry sump pump at idle the engine might have 5-15lbs of pressure when warm and higher with engine revs you didnt say what weight oil you are running it could be to light of a viscosity 10-50, use a heaver weight oil 20-50 or like i use in my bike (2002 FLHTCU w/sidecar) straight 60wt hopes this helps
No instructions to work with
The gauge will be wired in series between a 12V supply and your new sensor. The idiot light ,also wired in series, just used a pressure switch for the sensor, instead of a transducer. Once you have swapped the sensor, and replaced the idiot light with the gauge, you should be able to use the existing wiring, unless the 140 A/B plugs have been pre-wired to your instrument clusters circuitboard. Just keep in mind this is a straight series circuit. It sounds as if the Gn/Y wire to your old sensor should remain in place as for routing, and just swapped over to the gauge/new plug and the other end of the Gn/Y wire connected to your new sensor.
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