LKLD's faithful race horse suffered a broken leg and while trying to recuperate, was attached by an angry rabid baby alligator (that's my story, it was in Florida, you know) and she was down for the count.
Dr. Festus heard of her injury and dispatched on a 12 hour ride to pick the sick girl up. 850 miles later and a pit stop for seafood at Daytona Beach, and an anxious night of sleep, we arrived at Rob's. Poor girl, made my heart hurt seeing her broken. I knew it hurt Rob as well. But I knew how much they loved her when they talked about Jolene and when Rob's wife walked out and hugged Jolene goodbye, I knew we had to take good care of her.
After a few minutes of talk, we got the girl onto the truck and strapped her down. 850 miles down, 850 to go!
What we know at this point :
1) Code 19 on dash
2) Code 21 on dash
3) Won't start because of the codes
4) Second gear has an issue under heavy acceleration
5) She was hit in the rear saddlebag, which knocked Rob off, and she went down, scratching the left side fairing,breaking the mirror, and stay. Rob had replaced the stay and mirror.
(yes, I bought it without ever hearing it run. Rob's a stand up guy and was extremely honest about all of it)
Code 19, side stand switch- We take a meter and unplug the switch and measure continuity and the switch is working. Hummm.....switch works, but kicks the code. Okay, let's flip this around. Measure the voltage coming to the switch. Zero. Hummm....no power to switch.
Code 21, Coolant Temperature Sensor not working. It's located on a metal pipe on top of the engine, just above the coils on the plugs.
Okay, let's take a look under the tank and see where this kickstand switch goes. Take the take off and immediately notice there are ZERO wires running to the Coolant Temperature Sensor. How's that work? Is this one of those wireless sensors? I'm so confused. Then it becomes clear, a baby alligator has chewed the wiring harness.
Okay, that's the coolant sensor, what's the deal on the side stand switch? Same damn alligator.... about 3" of wire missing, chewed back to the harness.
After finding the plug and some leads at the Toyota dealer, we jumped some of the wires and a turned the key and no codes! Woohoo! Turn the key a little further and she starts!
Jolene is back to life.
Take a little time buttoning that up, and notice some hesitation in the throttle. Dr. Festus hooks the girl up and checks her readings...
Ahhh.....no wonder she's feeling under the weather. Also notice that the #2 cylinder rubber plug is missing the clip. Making a note to order the clip. Don't need that vacuum leak later.
Get it all back together and it's time for Jolene to hit the road. A race horse needs to run.
A short trip and a twist of the throttle in second gear and her problem is obvious. WOW....not good. Poor girl. Pull off from a stop and wind first up to about 8,000, and it rock solid, skipped over second, into third and it's rock solid too. No issues with fourth either. Seems isolated to second.
Pull her back into the stable for the day. Dr. Festus reporting for surgery very soon....
