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Re: 1980 CB750F - Starting Issue Advice needed.

Posted by motogrady on Sep 05, 2012; 3:12am
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Try starting to look for voltage at the starter, when cranking, first.
Put a 12 volt meter ground directly on the neg side of the battery.
Check the meter by touching the pos side of the battery.
Put the probe right on the hot lug of the starter,
and crank.  Voltage should show.  
If not, move back to the next part in line, I dunno, what is it, the silinoid(sp?), is voltage there when cranking?
Could be a bad wire between the 2.
If you have voltage going in the wire, but not showing at the starter,
bad wire.
Move back towards the battery, first place you lose it when cranking, look there.

Heck, take a piece of #10 copper wire and jump right from the pos side of the battery
to the hot lug on the starter, if it jumps,  it's somewhere in the circuit from bat to starter,
if not, it has to be the bad ground...............