I have a quad that im trying to piece an electrical system together on.

The motor has a stator just like this one:

Only 1 wire gets power from it. I think the wires are green (assuming its ground), yellow, white, black red (getting power when kicked over) and blue white ( goes to the pickup? the piece on the far right of my picture i posted).

The cdi box is this one and is hooked up as indicated in the picture.


The cdi box is in perfect working order i swapped it out with one that was on my dirtbike and it started first kick.

The problem is i just cant get any power from the wire to the coil or spark. The kill switch wire lights up my testlight when i kick it over but im ASSuming thats normal. What the heck am i doing wrong here? Ive also looked for broken wires or wires missing a piece of the insulation but cant find anything wrong with the wires. Im about ready to roll this thing off a cliff!

 

Check out this thread which is ongoing right now:

http://forums.atvconnection.com/chin...your-help.html

About four posts down is a list of tests to do with a meter. All of those tests apply to your quad too. Never mind that his CDI is different looking. Use the pinout you posted above for your CDI, but the measurements are the same. Post the results and we will know a lot more.

What these tests will tell us is if the ignition sections of your stator are doing their job, and if the kill switch circuitry is inhibiting spark. It will also give some indication as to whether your CDI is getting triggered.

Throw your test light away. It has got to be the most worthless piece of test equipment that has ever been made. Your ignition system runs on AC voltages which range from a fraction of a volt to hundreds of volts. You need to measure these accurately. Test lights can't do this, nor can they measure resistances. Ironically, test lights cost more these days than a fairly good meter. Yet a meter can do everything a test light can do and a *lot* more.