Hey guys, I hope you can help us on this one. My father has a 1994 GL1500 and recently had an alternator failure. I had to drive to NY with the trailer to pick him and my Mom up! Anyway, he bought and installed a new alternator and since then, the Goldwing skips and sputters, has very little power and runs very rough. He also changed the timing belts while he was at it.
The timing is spot-on, so that's not an issue. I'm wondering if something was damaged (i.e. ignition coils, regulator, or spark control system) when the alternator failed. I'll speak with him tomorrow and get a better description of the trouble he's having. Basically, since his alternator died, the engine runs rough, it skips, and he's lost a lot of power. There's also the smell of raw fuel when it's running, no doubt from the fact that there's some cylinders that are not firing, thus just pumping the fuel out the tailpipe unburned.
Thanks for any input you might have. I'll be back here soon to follow up. He's very upset and frustrated by this because that bike is his baby and he doesn't have a lot of money to take it to the shop for repairs. He's incredibly skilled mechanically but when it comes to electrical issues (which this seems to be) he's at a loss.
-Steve - Reggie's son. I'll teach him how to use this forum soon so he can input/discuss directly
The timing is spot-on, so that's not an issue. I'm wondering if something was damaged (i.e. ignition coils, regulator, or spark control system) when the alternator failed. I'll speak with him tomorrow and get a better description of the trouble he's having. Basically, since his alternator died, the engine runs rough, it skips, and he's lost a lot of power. There's also the smell of raw fuel when it's running, no doubt from the fact that there's some cylinders that are not firing, thus just pumping the fuel out the tailpipe unburned.
Thanks for any input you might have. I'll be back here soon to follow up. He's very upset and frustrated by this because that bike is his baby and he doesn't have a lot of money to take it to the shop for repairs. He's incredibly skilled mechanically but when it comes to electrical issues (which this seems to be) he's at a loss.
-Steve - Reggie's son. I'll teach him how to use this forum soon so he can input/discuss directly