carb advice.

[David Nichols]

Ok, here's my next question (how many per day are allowed?): I ordered 2 Deka ETX15L AGM batteries. One was for me and the other a Christmas gift for my father in law. They sat in my garage until last week when I got around to hooking mine up to my KLR. I ran my battery down trying to start the beast and then decided to try my father in law's. His KLR is in my garage. Well they had sent the wrong battery for his, mine was the ETX15L, which was correct and the other was an ETX15 with no L. The terminals are opposite. hooked it up backwards and blew the 20 amp fuse. I didn't stop in my haste to check the terminals and assumed it was correct. I know, I am a future DPO... My question: Besides the fuse, did I damage anything else? -David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Fred Hink]

If you replace the fuse and you have no spark, you may have fried the Ignition Module. If everything works, then there has been no damage. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: David Nichols Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:28 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Hooked up the battery backwards and blew a fuse. Ok, here's my next question (how many per day are allowed?): I ordered 2 Deka ETX15L AGM batteries. One was for me and the other a Christmas gift for my father in law. They sat in my garage until last week when I got around to hooking mine up to my KLR. I ran my battery down trying to start the beast and then decided to try my father in law's. His KLR is in my garage. Well they had sent the wrong battery for his, mine was the ETX15L, which was correct and the other was an ETX15 with no L. The terminals are opposite. hooked it up backwards and blew the 20 amp fuse. I didn't stop in my haste to check the terminals and assumed it was correct. I know, I am a future DPO... My question: Besides the fuse, did I damage anything else? -David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[David Nichols]

Thanks Fred, I think... And how much would that cost me? ________________________________ From: Fred Hink To: David Nichols ; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Hooked up the battery backwards and blew a fuse. If you replace the fuse and you have no spark, you may have fried the Ignition Module. If everything works, then there has been no damage. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: David Nichols Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:28 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Hooked up the battery backwards and blew a fuse. Ok, here's my next question (how many per day are allowed?): I ordered 2 Deka ETX15L AGM batteries. One was for me and the other a Christmas gift for my father in law. They sat in my garage until last week when I got around to hooking mine up to my KLR. I ran my battery down trying to start the beast and then decided to try my father in law's. His KLR is in my garage. Well they had sent the wrong battery for his, mine was the ETX15L, which was correct and the other was an ETX15 with no L. The terminals are opposite. hooked it up backwards and blew the 20 amp fuse. I didn't stop in my haste to check the terminals and assumed it was correct. I know, I am a future DPO... My question: Besides the fuse, did I damage anything else? -David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeff Saline]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:28:19 -0800 (PST) David Nichols writes:

> Ok, here's my next question (how many per day are allowed?): > > I ordered 2 Deka ETX15L AGM batteries. One was for me and the other > a Christmas gift for my father in law. They sat in my garage until > last week when I got around to hooking mine up to my KLR. I ran my > battery down trying to start the beast and then decided to try my > father in law's. His KLR is in my garage. > > Well they had sent the wrong battery for his, mine was the ETX15L, > which was correct and the other was an ETX15 with no L. The > terminals are opposite. hooked it up backwards and blew the 20 amp > fuse. I didn't stop in my haste to check the terminals and assumed > it was correct. I know, I am a future DPO... > > My question: Besides the fuse, did I damage anything else? > > -David

<><><><><><><> <><><><><><><> David, When I bought my vertical knee mill the owner of the machine supply shop told me I'm allowed to move the high/low range lever and not verify engagement once in the life of the machine. Second time I do it it will cost me lots of downtime and money. I still haven't screwed that up. Yet. : ) I'll suggest in a similar vein you are allowed to hook up the battery or jumper cables backwards once in your life. Doesn't matter what machine or the conditions. Seems like you just used up your one option. : ) Like Fred suggested... if you replace the fuse and everything works you're probably fine. But it might be worth putting a voltmeter on the battery with the engine running to verify charging. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650 . . ____________________________________________________________ 57 Year Old Looks 27 Local Woman Reveals Wrinkle Secret That Has Doctors Angry. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f28577266b1c5e7eb0st05vuc

[David Nichols]

Cams haven't been out yet (at least not by me). ________________________________ From: Thomas Komjathy To: David Nichols ; "DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Carb advice. Did you put your cams back in theright place? Thomas J. Komjathy DSK L.L.C. dskllc@... ________________________________ From: David Nichols To: "DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:41 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Carb advice. Well I have checked my rebuild list and re-checked it and my engine still won't idle. I can crank it and get it to fire up by giving it throttle, but when I let off the throttle it dies. I pulled the new spark plug and it was black and wet. I've cleaned the carb thoroughly, made sure the petcock is working, the diaphragm on the slide is good, no leaks in either the exhaust or the carb boots...and the enrichiner is working. Here's what I've done to the engine so far: I have changed the oil and filer, replaced the exhaust gasket, cleaned the carb, new "choke" cable, new petcock, new fuel line, new air filter, new NGK DPR8EA-9 spark plug, and new Deka AGM battery. A little history: The bike was last licensed on the road in 2007, I bought it in a non running condition. It has just under 13,000 miles on it. The one part I discovered needing replacement is the air cutoff valve diaphragm. It has tiny holes in it due to the rubber breaking down, I have one on order. But, would that bad part cause the engine to run bad at idle? I thought that only had a purpose at higher RPM and during deceleration. And what about valve clearance? I haven't checked that yet...could that cause these symptoms? -David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[David Nichols]

Well, I'm happy to report that my spark plug still sparks! I guess I used my one time up this time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]