So today I fitted a Stiebel Nautilus horn which needed a direct power connection to the battery +ve and earth to battery -ve so I had to disconnect the battery briefly to make these connections. Apart from that nothing else electrical was tampered with apart from the horn leads being connected to the switching side of the relay. Reconnected everything disabled alarm meta then pushed red switch to start, got the DTC off message, so switched it back on in the menu, and tried again but all I get is the usual fuel pump priming noise and when I press the starter button no clicks but the fuel pump priming noise with each press of the starter button. Spoke on phone to Ducati Glasgow running through a few cross checks and they couldn't suggest anything I might have done wrong. So I rechecked all the connector blocks down the offside frame where the new wiring and compressor air hose were routed but couldn't find anything loose or disconnected. Battery terminals all checked and tightened. All fuses checked which I then had to switch on DTC after checking main fuse. Still nothing when starter button pressed only the fuel pump priming noise! In the menu I found a battery charge reading of 12.5V so it's now on the battery charger just in case it was a bit low, other than that I'm stumped. Anyone out there experienced something similar after disconnecting their battery?
Just had a thought, not used to can-bus electrics, maybe I will try removing the negative relay lead from the battery and connect it to a frame earth point instead.
Fully charged my battery last night, tried starting still only fuel pump priming noise, disconnected all the Stiebel horn electrical connectors but still no joy. Rechecked fuses and all block connectors but still nothing. Think It's going to be a call to Ducati recovery to get bike taken from Dumfries back to Ducati Glasgow.
The starter button is covered by the red kill switch, if Andy is getting the fuel pump sound he'll have depressed the kill switch to start the ignition. Sorry if I'm pointing out the obvious, but Ducati have changed certain bikes starting procedures. see below.
I was of course joking. We've all been there though. I was once 20 minutes late for work because I forgot the bloody kill switch
So now waiting for Ducati recovery to collect bike to take it to Glasgow Ducati, it's 12.45pm now here's hoping they get here in time to get it to Glasgow before 4pm when they finish today!
The bike is now safely with Ducati Glasgow, thank you to Martin for waiting back for the recovery truck to arrive. On Tuesday investigations will begin.
Ok in less than an hour the master technician at Ducati Glasgow traced the problem back to the Meta Alarm, Now I hadn't thought about this as it seemed to be arming and disarming correctly and once disarmed the fuel pump was working. I had to move the meta alarm box under the rear seat to drill the hole for the air line, I didn't realise that the alarm leads inside the box had push fit connectors, moving the alarm had loosened one of these enough to disconnect the ignition circuit. Pushing it back properly solved the problem. Now I know this if anything similar happens again it will be one of the first things I check.
Least it wasn't too major then. But surely the said plug has a lock tab on it to stop such things happening.
It was the two pin plug which is for the ignition coil circuit, hence why the fuel pump etc all still worked, in future I now Know what and where to check.
