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Connected battery backwards, now cranks but won't start...HELP
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<blockquote data-quote="Ciscoz" data-source="post: 1455462" data-attributes="member: 91566"><p>SUCCESS ... I decided to do one last check for possibly missed fuse blocks and ... found a second black covered fuse block I'd missed the first few times around. This bike has nearly as many fuses as my Duramax, wow! In any case, for anyone who might make the same mistake I just did, the second fuse that popped was the 7.5 amp ETV fuse (Electronic Throttle Valve? I believe). Replaced this fuse, cranked it over and it started burbling trying to start. I gave it a small shot of starting fluid, and a little throttle and she started right up. Took a few seconds to clear up from a winter's rest, and from all the cranking attempts I've made in the past 2 days, but then settled into high idle until warm and then came back down to normal. Appears all is good. I've checked all the functions, and suspension adjustments and they all appear to be working normally, so, Thank You Mama Yama for anticipating your customer's stupidity and protecting your beautiful machine with 2 fuses, should anyone reverse their battery in a moment of inattention. Upon doing a Google search to determine what the ETV fuse was for, I discovered a number of discussions of people, mostly kids with sport bikes, having done the same thing, and solving the problem by replacing the 2 fuses I did, the 50 amp PAL, and the 7.5 amp ETV fuses. Comforting that I'm not alone, but disturbed over having made such a rookie mistake. Oh well, Live and Learn. It's a good day when you learn something new about your toys, so today is a good day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ciscoz, post: 1455462, member: 91566"] SUCCESS ... I decided to do one last check for possibly missed fuse blocks and ... found a second black covered fuse block I'd missed the first few times around. This bike has nearly as many fuses as my Duramax, wow! In any case, for anyone who might make the same mistake I just did, the second fuse that popped was the 7.5 amp ETV fuse (Electronic Throttle Valve? I believe). Replaced this fuse, cranked it over and it started burbling trying to start. I gave it a small shot of starting fluid, and a little throttle and she started right up. Took a few seconds to clear up from a winter's rest, and from all the cranking attempts I've made in the past 2 days, but then settled into high idle until warm and then came back down to normal. Appears all is good. I've checked all the functions, and suspension adjustments and they all appear to be working normally, so, Thank You Mama Yama for anticipating your customer's stupidity and protecting your beautiful machine with 2 fuses, should anyone reverse their battery in a moment of inattention. Upon doing a Google search to determine what the ETV fuse was for, I discovered a number of discussions of people, mostly kids with sport bikes, having done the same thing, and solving the problem by replacing the 2 fuses I did, the 50 amp PAL, and the 7.5 amp ETV fuses. Comforting that I'm not alone, but disturbed over having made such a rookie mistake. Oh well, Live and Learn. It's a good day when you learn something new about your toys, so today is a good day! [/QUOTE]
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