Hi guys,
I need serious help before I light these things on fire.
I just bought two LT80's I believe 89 and 90 models. Not positive. But they were both pretty trashed out. On one of them I bought a new cylinder and piston for and rebuilt the top end. I'm pretty experienced at 2 stroke rebuilds (done hundreds of them) and yes got the piston in correctly with the arrow pointing towards the rear. Once I got everything together, I tried starting it, and the starter turned over 2-3 times and then nothing but clicking in the relay. So i took the relay box to Oreilly's and bought a new one. Put it on and it tried turning over (just barely tho) until the battery died down, then nothing but a clicking sound in the relay box. So tried charging the battery with my battery charger and then starting it again and turned over a few times then nothing but clicking in the relay. I can jump with a wire from the big red/white wire under the tank to the battery terminal and it will turn over but gets hot and starts smoking pretty quick. I bought a new multimeter today and plan on doing some checking. Any suggestions or advice on what is happening?
As far as the other LT80...it started when I bought it.. but I switched batteries with the one mentioned previously to see if it was the battery and now neither will start and are both doing the exact same thing. Could my automobile battery charger I'm using be the culprit by chance?
I need serious help before I light these things on fire.
I just bought two LT80's I believe 89 and 90 models. Not positive. But they were both pretty trashed out. On one of them I bought a new cylinder and piston for and rebuilt the top end. I'm pretty experienced at 2 stroke rebuilds (done hundreds of them) and yes got the piston in correctly with the arrow pointing towards the rear. Once I got everything together, I tried starting it, and the starter turned over 2-3 times and then nothing but clicking in the relay. So i took the relay box to Oreilly's and bought a new one. Put it on and it tried turning over (just barely tho) until the battery died down, then nothing but a clicking sound in the relay box. So tried charging the battery with my battery charger and then starting it again and turned over a few times then nothing but clicking in the relay. I can jump with a wire from the big red/white wire under the tank to the battery terminal and it will turn over but gets hot and starts smoking pretty quick. I bought a new multimeter today and plan on doing some checking. Any suggestions or advice on what is happening?
As far as the other LT80...it started when I bought it.. but I switched batteries with the one mentioned previously to see if it was the battery and now neither will start and are both doing the exact same thing. Could my automobile battery charger I'm using be the culprit by chance?