• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

1982 GS850 GL starter problems

  • Thread starter Thread starter Anonymous
  • Start date Start date
A

Anonymous

Guest
I've had a starter problem for a while and I think I've narrowed the search a little but I can't seem to pin point it. SO here are the steps that I've done.
I jumped the starter selonoid and the starter motor kicked on.
There is a no circuit to the green and yellow wire going into the starter button circuit but I have circuit to the orange wire in there and the other orange wire while the button is being pushed.
I've tried to trace the yellow/green wire back to it's source and it seems to go to the starter selonoid, (this is also what the wiring diagram shows).
But the funny thing is is that I have circuit to where the yellow/Green wire leaves the selonoid and goes to the connector but from that point on I can't find a place to check it or if it breaks away and goes somewhere else(the wiring diagram does not show this)
Hoping someone skilled in electrical could help me out here. Electrical is not my strong skill.
Thanks!
 
Starter Bug

Starter Bug

Interesting problem, and hard to determine where the problem may lie from your description. Do you have a VOM meter (Volt Meter)? This will be very helpful.

The starter circuit works this way, power comes to the starter button on an orange and white wire, when the button is pushed it energizes the green and yellow wire. Check that you have voltage to the button when the ignition switch is turned on, then check that voltage is applied to the green and yellow wire when the button is pushed. The green and yellow wire runs to the starter disconnect switch, the switch that assures that the clutch has been disengaged. The starter disconnect switch has two green and yellow wires attached to it. One runs from the starter button and the other runs to the starter relay.

Check your voltage in sequence to each of these switches and you should find where your problem lies. Good luck!
 
My 82 gs1100L does not crank if the kill switch is enabled. Is the 850 the same?
 
Yes. the kill switch will disable starter by interupting the primary feed to the solenoid (yellw/grn). Bothe the kill switch and the clutch interlock switch have to be functioning properly to engage the starter solenoid.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top