buster Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 well after owning zeds for the last 7years i had to be recovered home tonight on a recovery truck....went out to night for a meal and thought i d give the zed a run after i d had issues with it on Friday at home .... well to cut to the chase she would not start when we were about to leave,she cranked over etc but just would not fire....hoping it s nowt more than a crankshaft sensor gone down. had jetpilot over this morning to read some fault codes with his obd reader as i had had the same problem Friday ....didnt come back with crank sensor fault but pointed to throttle position......reset using pedal dance and she fire....been find all day until tonight so i ve now broken my tow truck virginity ....back home on and waiting for tomorrow to check it out. fingers crossed for me guys 1 Quote
Jetpilot Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Have another read up on those codes we pulled yesterday buddy. All points to tps. Quote
davey_83 Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I feel your pain, different for me as alternator failed https://www.flickr.c...6285@N07/5718oS Quote
davedutch Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Bob, I hope it's nothing major but whatever it turns out to be it couldn't be in better hands to sort it. Quote
Grundy Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 If you need a place to kip this Christmas I can return the favour. Quote
Humpy Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Dam sorry to read this Bob Hope you get it sorted asap buddy. Quote
buster Posted December 20, 2015 Author Posted December 20, 2015 hopefully i ve solved the fault.....found the engine earth wire was in a poor state.......the small one at the front of the engine........cleaned it up and refitted and bang shes alive. 3 Quote
GMballistic Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 That's good news Buster. Can't beat a simple free fix. Quote
davedutch Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 There was I thinking this would turn into the latest Z shed Xmas story! Glad it appears to have been an easy fix. Quote
Rock_Steady Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Yey!! Simple fix is always a relief. Quote
Vlad Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Good job on sorting it out that quick! Hopefully that was the cause and it won't come back! Next mod on the list is grounding kit 1 Quote
Justthejedi Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Phew!...something simple, glad it wasn't a serious fault. Quote
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