Hey all,
I tried to start my EX500 yesterday and all I got was some rapid clicking. I wire-brushed the battery leads and charged the battery overnight and still get the same thing. Checked all my fuses which looked fine. The next easiest thing to get at was the regulator/rectifier module. I pulled that and measured resistance between various pins as directed in my Haynes shop manual and it looks like the module might be bad.
Is this a likely suspect? Have any others out there ever had to replace the regulator/rectifier module? And were the symptoms (rapid clicking - no starter turnover) the same?
Also, looking through some previous posts in the "Troubleshooting" section I see mention of the solenoid. My Haynes manual has absolutely no mention of a starter solenoid but it does mention the starter relay which I haven't seen discussed in any other postings.
Does the EX500 have a starter solenoid? Does it have a starter relay? Could they be one and the same thing?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Heinz
I tried to start my EX500 yesterday and all I got was some rapid clicking. I wire-brushed the battery leads and charged the battery overnight and still get the same thing. Checked all my fuses which looked fine. The next easiest thing to get at was the regulator/rectifier module. I pulled that and measured resistance between various pins as directed in my Haynes shop manual and it looks like the module might be bad.
Is this a likely suspect? Have any others out there ever had to replace the regulator/rectifier module? And were the symptoms (rapid clicking - no starter turnover) the same?
Also, looking through some previous posts in the "Troubleshooting" section I see mention of the solenoid. My Haynes manual has absolutely no mention of a starter solenoid but it does mention the starter relay which I haven't seen discussed in any other postings.
Does the EX500 have a starter solenoid? Does it have a starter relay? Could they be one and the same thing?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Heinz