Deuce won't crank.

[STrider3]

I used the fantastic search feature before posting this and got nothing. After putting the title in the site warned me to look at similar threads before starting a new thread and I got a nice story about a deuce pulling a mini-van from a ditch. So there is my apology for those that will say to try the search function first. It never works correctly on the Ducati site I peruse also so here goes if I am forgiven. Sorry.

Here goes: I took the tarp and hoops off the new deuce yesterday and now manage to get 6 (1,000 lb. each) round hay bales into that massive bed instead of the 3 I had been. I needed to go and get 4 more today so I got in the truck to start it up for the 5 - 10 minute warmup and after turning on the ignition switch I was greeted with air buzzer as normal then pushing the red start button.... and got nothing. I checked for anything left on and found nothing amiss. I remembered that I left the airtank valves open the night before so I closed them while wondering how that had anything to do with anything but tried the start again and... nothing. I now have the battery charger out and the batteries disconnected so a 12vdc charger works but found the batteries measured 12.95 vdc and 12.7 vdc indicating that they were not discharged. Will now start checking for corrosion on the grounding points and + starter connections and will vdc check the starter button.

Question. Is there anything that all Steel Soldier members check immediately when the start button produces a no-crank nothing situation? Or am I going about things the right way by troubleshooting the batteries then the starting circuit. My next step is to start reading the manuals here to find a flow chart that will help the troubleshooting process.

Thanks all.

 

[hoop]

When the switch is turned on the starter button gets power, from there it goes to the starter relay then to the starter solenoid then to the starter.
Pretty simple.

 

[shenkmen]

I haven't run into this problem or messed with the starter circuit, relay etc... but I can tell you that I use google to search SS - https://www.google.com/search?q=won%27t+crank+site%3Awww.steelsoldiers.com%2Fdeuce

You'll find some help in those search reaults.

 

[STrider3]

Thank you all. I will search better. Promise. It started after a bit of fiddling with the solenoid connection. Cleaning all posts now. It is simple as I suspected it was.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Problems with deuces are usually simple unless there's no brakes, no fuel in the injectors, or a big hole in the side of the engine with the truck sitting in the middle of a busy interstate.