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After 41500 fault-free miles in eighteen months on my GSA it suddenly cut out in a down-market area of Chefchaouen. My immediate thought was that it was the fuel pump controller. When Seatownmaster's controller failed in January (http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130373) the bike spluttered and if you waited long enough would run for a short time. So I hummed and haahed, waited for a while, but no joy.
I took out a spark plug and found it was sparking OK which I guessed meant it wasn't an immobiliser ring problem.
Yesterday was 'Labour Day' in Morocco, so all the cyber cafés were closed, and I couldn't access the threads on UKGSer and AdvRider. I texted Blue Sweeper (Roy) who was bringing a World of BMW group into Morocco.
To cut a long story short, Bob Wilson (aka wilbjr21), one of the WOB group, having already ridden from Ceuta to Meknes, dropped his wife at the hotel and rode back to Chefchaouen with a GS911 diagnostic tool, spare immobiliser ring and spare fuel pump. Yes it was the fuel pump controller, so we fitted his spare and then rode back to Meknes, the last hour or more in the dark. His 'detour' to come and rescue me was over 250 miles!
This morning I was able to do a bypass to the controller so I could give Bob his back again, which is just as well, as another of the 18 bikes on tour had developed the same problem.
So many thanks, Bob Wilson, you're a saint.
I took out a spark plug and found it was sparking OK which I guessed meant it wasn't an immobiliser ring problem.
Yesterday was 'Labour Day' in Morocco, so all the cyber cafés were closed, and I couldn't access the threads on UKGSer and AdvRider. I texted Blue Sweeper (Roy) who was bringing a World of BMW group into Morocco.
To cut a long story short, Bob Wilson (aka wilbjr21), one of the WOB group, having already ridden from Ceuta to Meknes, dropped his wife at the hotel and rode back to Chefchaouen with a GS911 diagnostic tool, spare immobiliser ring and spare fuel pump. Yes it was the fuel pump controller, so we fitted his spare and then rode back to Meknes, the last hour or more in the dark. His 'detour' to come and rescue me was over 250 miles!
This morning I was able to do a bypass to the controller so I could give Bob his back again, which is just as well, as another of the 18 bikes on tour had developed the same problem.
So many thanks, Bob Wilson, you're a saint.