Subdivisions2112
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I picked up my 2006 Yamaha Attak a few months ago in non-running condition. Everything seemed to work on the sled except it would not start when the key was turned. Naturally, I figured it was the starter solenoid, so I tried starting it by jumping the contacts on top of the solenoid. Sure enough, came to life pretty quickly. Ran great too, took it for a few rides in this condition, just starting it with some pliers across the contacts. After some time, the replacement relay showed up, and I installed it. Still nothing. I lost ground for the fuel pump through one of the ground blocks when riding one day, so I disassembled all of them. Found a burnt wire near the primary clutch ground block. I removed the ground blocks and soldered each wire together, fixing my fuel pump issue. The only ground block that I did not get to was the one under the coolant reservoir. After this, still nothing from the solenoid. Not even a click. Despite this, I was still able to start it and run it just fine using the pliers and had no issues putting 250 miles on it after fixing the ground blocks.
It was around last weekend that I was riding and I was having some fun sliding around on ice at about 5 mph and tipped it over onto the right side, not causing any damage. I shut it off immediately after tipping it over. After tipping it back over, I restarted it after allowing it to sit for a bit and it fired right back up and rode another 10 miles completely fine, after which I parked it in my garage and shut it off. The next day, I went to start it up and go for a ride before we lost what little snow we had, but it only sputtered for a second immediately upon cranking, and a code 12 appeared on the dash. After this, it would crank and crank but would not start. It would occasionally grumble a bit but didn't really sound like it wanted to fire up. I understand that code 12 is for the pickup coil in the stator, but I've heard that issues with the starting circuit/solenoid can cause this issue as well. I presume this could somehow be related to my issue of getting no crank from the key but getting it to crank from the contacts on the solenoid. If anyone has any ideas it would be really helpful as I don't currently have the money for an OEM stator assembly, and I'm not sure how much I trust an aftermarket pickup coil. We have a huge snowstorm coming up and I'd hate to miss it, but I'm okay with (though quite begrudgingly) waiting until summer to fix it so it is ready for next season.
I'm not sure if the issue of the solenoid not clicking when the key is turned is at all related to code 12, but I sure hope it is. I have tested the keyswitch and it is not the keyswitch itself either. At this point, I am pretty much out of ideas. I have not tried firing it up since I took it apart after last weekend's no-start incident, but code 12 is still on the dash. My fuel pump does come on, and my dash does cycle as intended. I have looked at the spark plugs, but they looked clean. Will probably still replace them anyway. Any input is appreciated. Thanks for reading.
It was around last weekend that I was riding and I was having some fun sliding around on ice at about 5 mph and tipped it over onto the right side, not causing any damage. I shut it off immediately after tipping it over. After tipping it back over, I restarted it after allowing it to sit for a bit and it fired right back up and rode another 10 miles completely fine, after which I parked it in my garage and shut it off. The next day, I went to start it up and go for a ride before we lost what little snow we had, but it only sputtered for a second immediately upon cranking, and a code 12 appeared on the dash. After this, it would crank and crank but would not start. It would occasionally grumble a bit but didn't really sound like it wanted to fire up. I understand that code 12 is for the pickup coil in the stator, but I've heard that issues with the starting circuit/solenoid can cause this issue as well. I presume this could somehow be related to my issue of getting no crank from the key but getting it to crank from the contacts on the solenoid. If anyone has any ideas it would be really helpful as I don't currently have the money for an OEM stator assembly, and I'm not sure how much I trust an aftermarket pickup coil. We have a huge snowstorm coming up and I'd hate to miss it, but I'm okay with (though quite begrudgingly) waiting until summer to fix it so it is ready for next season.
I'm not sure if the issue of the solenoid not clicking when the key is turned is at all related to code 12, but I sure hope it is. I have tested the keyswitch and it is not the keyswitch itself either. At this point, I am pretty much out of ideas. I have not tried firing it up since I took it apart after last weekend's no-start incident, but code 12 is still on the dash. My fuel pump does come on, and my dash does cycle as intended. I have looked at the spark plugs, but they looked clean. Will probably still replace them anyway. Any input is appreciated. Thanks for reading.
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Error 12 are not related to the starter solenoid. You need a pickup coil. If you don't want to spend the money on the whole stator, then just buy a pickup coil for $50 and wire it in. It needs to be a 500ohm spec.
