I believe the issue of running a 60 or 70 without the battery is the rectifier. I think they want you to remove the fuse on the rectifier before you run it without. Also, if you jump start it, I thought I read they want the fuse out too. The VH engines have a built in magneto/stator-alternater and they do not need the battery for ignition.
Running a 60 without a battery?
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You have two parallel (horizontal) diodes. They look like fuses. There is (should be) a vertical fuse, glass with the little filament inside.
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If you remove the diodes you have to pay attention to their direction and put them in exactly as you took them out. They are one-way gateways for the current from the stator.
....take out the fuse and leave it at that....
[rayg]
If you remove the diodes you have to pay attention to their direction and put them in exactly as you took them out. They are one-way gateways for the current from the stator.
....take out the fuse and leave it at that....
[rayg]
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