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Possible to damage Stator by giving a jump start?
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<blockquote data-quote="MrUnlucky" data-source="post: 198160" data-attributes="member: 4550"><p>I spoke too soon. Had to push-start again today.</p><p>Unlike the last two days, I ran a couple of errands so I started her at 3:30, then again at 4:00, then again at 4:30, then she wouldn't start at 4:40.</p><p>I'm guessing the battery is charging slowly due to other problem. On the way home I also tried hitting the kill switch and then re-starting with the starter button while I was rolling (expecting it to not start) and it didn't turn over.</p><p></p><p>Re-checked the stator wires once I got home. Once again, 0.2v while connected, then 6.8 while disconnected, and 0.2 again once reconnected. Possibly a voltage *potential* of 6.8v when disconnected but not a steady supply of 6.8v (bad stator) OR possibly a short in the wiring harness or Reg/Ret. I finally have two days off so I'll try swapping it with one of the other two stator wires tomorrow and see if the 0.2v moves or stays on the same wire in the harness, and also check all three stator wire voltages while disconnected. If the voltage drop follows the harness wire instead of the stator wire, I'll try swapping the Reg/Ret (i LOVE spare parts). If that doesn't work, I can always just run bypass wires straight from the stator wires to the Reg/Ret (the wiring diagram says they go straight there, at least) or start stripping the tape off the wiring harness looking for the short that Hooch had.</p><p></p><p>The odd thing is that as soon as I disconnected that wire, the voltage at the battery rose from 11.5 to 11.7. After pulling all the fuses except the ignition circuit, it was at 12.3 and climbed to 12.5 off of just two stator wires. It still didn't start when I shut it off, but it tried harder than it did when I had to push start. Probably not a good idea to run off of 2/3 stator wires, I imagine that would be hard on the Reg/Ret.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrUnlucky, post: 198160, member: 4550"] I spoke too soon. Had to push-start again today. Unlike the last two days, I ran a couple of errands so I started her at 3:30, then again at 4:00, then again at 4:30, then she wouldn't start at 4:40. I'm guessing the battery is charging slowly due to other problem. On the way home I also tried hitting the kill switch and then re-starting with the starter button while I was rolling (expecting it to not start) and it didn't turn over. Re-checked the stator wires once I got home. Once again, 0.2v while connected, then 6.8 while disconnected, and 0.2 again once reconnected. Possibly a voltage *potential* of 6.8v when disconnected but not a steady supply of 6.8v (bad stator) OR possibly a short in the wiring harness or Reg/Ret. I finally have two days off so I'll try swapping it with one of the other two stator wires tomorrow and see if the 0.2v moves or stays on the same wire in the harness, and also check all three stator wire voltages while disconnected. If the voltage drop follows the harness wire instead of the stator wire, I'll try swapping the Reg/Ret (i LOVE spare parts). If that doesn't work, I can always just run bypass wires straight from the stator wires to the Reg/Ret (the wiring diagram says they go straight there, at least) or start stripping the tape off the wiring harness looking for the short that Hooch had. The odd thing is that as soon as I disconnected that wire, the voltage at the battery rose from 11.5 to 11.7. After pulling all the fuses except the ignition circuit, it was at 12.3 and climbed to 12.5 off of just two stator wires. It still didn't start when I shut it off, but it tried harder than it did when I had to push start. Probably not a good idea to run off of 2/3 stator wires, I imagine that would be hard on the Reg/Ret. [/QUOTE]
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