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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 10:17 PM
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was riding today and my 4x4 light on the dash was flashing and changing back and fourth between 2 and 4 wheel, did that till i shut the wheeler off then was fine. Is there a problem? before it did this i was riding over really rough rocks and spinning in the mud and river.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 12:04 AM
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if the mud was deep and water was deep there could be water in the actuator and if there is try to dry it out and if it keeps doing it i think the actuator is gone and if it is ur probley gonna be payin out about close to $200 bucks for a new one thats what happend on my p 360 or htere could be a bad connection my kawi stll does it after about ever power wasing so i try to avoid the front diff
 
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 11:16 PM
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There is a fuse under the seat that gets a little loose on the 700's for some reason I think its a 10 amp but not sure, it needs to be pulled out and checked, it is probably not bad. its just loose this is a fairly common thing to happen I have found out recently when one of ours did the same thing. We pulled the fuse out, it was good and put it back in and everthing was ok. I later ran across the info below on a tech tips sight that said just about the same thing that happened to us. I would try this befor taking to the dealer. If we would of had this info we would have had problem solved in less time than it take to load the thing in the truck.
ps. the Factory manual says nothing about trouble shooting this problem other than whats on pg 38. We figured this out by just checking the fuse, it was good so we put it back in and everthing was fine. I ran across this article below I feel at this point it must have just came loose when we were taking video of our selfs doing wheeleeees. that extra pounding of setting the front end down must have knocked it a little loose.

Page 38 of manual says:

flashing 2wd/4wd indicator lights signal a malfunction of the kawasaki engine brake control system or the selectable 2wd/4wd system. A flashing interval of 0.5 seconds indicates a malfunction with the 2wd/4wd actuator, a 1 second interval indicates the KEBC actuator is malfunctioning, a 2 second interval indicates both actuators are malfunctioning.

Apparently, the fuses under the seat could be to blame for many people's flashing lights. So, before you waste time and energy diagonosing problems with the 4x4 selector and KEBC, try this tip from OldmanWheeler:

"Pull out each fuse and take a pair of pliers and just barely twist the ends of the fuse. I also took a small screw driver and tweaked the clips in the box. The idea is to make sure the fuse fit real tight. Once you have a tight fit use a small screw driver to place die-electric grease between the fuse contacts. Once that is done I filled the cap, closed it and filled all openings. Once this was done I never had any more problems. According to the Kaw person who told me how to fix this, it's been a problem, especially on the new P700's"
 
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 02:16 PM
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as far as i can see there is only three fuses under the seat. is that all there is?
 
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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there is a main connector under the seat. it is red in color and has a fuse under it . it is the main fuse for power. check it also. this connector can also cause the 4wd to flash so keep it clean and put grease on the connector
 
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