02-15-2016, 04:00 AM
Abashedly, an update on my CB. Although certain that I had discovered the problem as being the starter relay, I decided to take one more look at the relay with my multimeter. I'll blame a senior moment but rushing to judgement the truth, the starter relay is not defective; the ignition switch is. A check for battery inside the headlight housing on the connector to the ignition switch confirmed it. Connecting the multimeter leads across the switch side of the connector showed no continuity with the switch on. I sprayed contact cleaner into the switch and started working it on and off. After many such actions a nice 00.00 ohms reading finally showed. Reconnected the switch and voila, started right up.