Before either jumper cables or either the question must be asked...
Is it turning over? You mentioned that the rear wheel locks up when
you try and push start it. That to me suggests that the engine might
be seized or hydrolocked.
Pull the plugs, put it in a tall gear (3-6) and push with the clutch
out. If it doesn't push easily you have bad things wrong. If water or
fuel gush out of the plug holes you have bad(water) minor(fuel)
problems to deal with as long as you haven't bent a rod from trying
to start it.
After all that once you have a motor that turns over go ahead and
jump it. Make sure the cables go to the bike batt, against the jumper
cable rules but a bike can't trap gasses and your bike batt will
protect the rest of the system from 99% of the badness that could
result from using a 1500cca batt to jump it. All my ATV's and lawn
mowers got jumped for the first start of the season to clean the
cobwebs without putting too much load on the little batt. I now know
that improper batt storage was some of my problem but first of the
season starts always seem to take way more cranking than the rest of the year.
Oh and don't jump it off a 24v bus unless you really know what your doing ;o)
At 04:47 PM 2/23/2012, you wrote:
You might want to consider replacing it, we have seen that be the
source of non running conditions before. I know I'll start a fight
saying this but try jumpering it to a car battery and see if it will
start then.
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From: Stefano Ascari <[email protected]>
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:31:26 -0600
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Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] New tire, first attempt to start this season
- Same battery, charged up.
- I am sitting on it. I've push-started it several times last year
when I had a bad starter (which I also replaced).
Stefano
Pat Patterson
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
VA7PDP
2001 PT Cruiser
83 450 Honda Nighthawk
78 F350 460/C6 on propane
71 Bronco 302/C4/D20 D44/9" {o===o}
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