MerlinBush
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Hey Guys,
I need some serious help here. This is my first Harley. I just purchased an 02 HD Ultra Classic and I know nothing about it. The bike has the 103, 6 speed trans, Rhynhart true duels, and unfortunately (according to the HD techs that currently have my bike) a Power Commander III. I took the bike in because it was intermittently powering down - lights and all. Most times I could switch the ignition off and then back on and the bike would restart. Other times I would need to let the bike sit for a few minutes before it would restart.
Harley techs Diagnosis: 1st: Gasket in Fuel tank disintegrated, clogged fuel filter and ruined fuel pump. Replaced both. 2nd: Power Commander is creating electrical problems. They do not service PC so I told them to replace it with the HD Race Tuner, they attempted to install 3 new tuners and said that the bike burned out all three, they "found" a used tuner that had been tuned to a 103, installed it and now the bike is running. They said that they had to disconnect all effect lighting on the bike (after 35 hrs of wire tracing), and that they could not and would never be able tune the bike, dyno, or access the mapping on this new (used) tuner. They told me that the PCIII caused so much damage that they did not know if the bike would quit running again in 2 miles or 10k miles. I need to go pick up the bike and I am really frustrated. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. What might have been damaged by the PCIII? Why can’t IT be fixed? Why would all of the effect lighting have to be removed? Why would they not be able to tune the new (used) tuner?
I need some serious help here. This is my first Harley. I just purchased an 02 HD Ultra Classic and I know nothing about it. The bike has the 103, 6 speed trans, Rhynhart true duels, and unfortunately (according to the HD techs that currently have my bike) a Power Commander III. I took the bike in because it was intermittently powering down - lights and all. Most times I could switch the ignition off and then back on and the bike would restart. Other times I would need to let the bike sit for a few minutes before it would restart.
Harley techs Diagnosis: 1st: Gasket in Fuel tank disintegrated, clogged fuel filter and ruined fuel pump. Replaced both. 2nd: Power Commander is creating electrical problems. They do not service PC so I told them to replace it with the HD Race Tuner, they attempted to install 3 new tuners and said that the bike burned out all three, they "found" a used tuner that had been tuned to a 103, installed it and now the bike is running. They said that they had to disconnect all effect lighting on the bike (after 35 hrs of wire tracing), and that they could not and would never be able tune the bike, dyno, or access the mapping on this new (used) tuner. They told me that the PCIII caused so much damage that they did not know if the bike would quit running again in 2 miles or 10k miles. I need to go pick up the bike and I am really frustrated. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. What might have been damaged by the PCIII? Why can’t IT be fixed? Why would all of the effect lighting have to be removed? Why would they not be able to tune the new (used) tuner?
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