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Old May 8, 2020 | 07:47 PM
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I have been working on this for a while


. I put a battery on today and the instrument cluster came on. Turn signals showed up, neutral light worked and headlights registered but it doesnt seem to have power to the starter relay. I checked the relay by hooking it up to the battery and it clicked closed. I jumped the relay and the started worked. Any idea what else it could be. I pulled the brake too. There are two wires coming out of the clutch that aren't connected to anything. Please help
 
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Old May 10, 2020 | 04:49 AM
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Don't know that model, but most have a lock-out so you have to start with a brake on or in neutral. Could just be that. Other possibilities are a faulty starter switch, common on bikes that have stood for a while, or a wire of in the start button/solenoid circuits.
 
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Old May 10, 2020 | 06:34 AM
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The neutral switch seems to work. The light comes on and goes off when put in neutral. I'm looking to hook up the two clutch wires but not sure where to put them. One is green with yellow stripe and the other is black. What do they connect to. There are no other green/yellow wires on atv
 
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Old May 10, 2020 | 10:12 AM
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So there are other green/yellow wires with a black. They come from the brake switches. I checked the volts going to them and the rear brake wire both are 12v and the front brake wires only the black are 12v nothing on green/yellow.
 
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Old May 11, 2020 | 10:50 AM
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It was the start button. Was all rusted and someone had put a wedge in there to make the contacts closer. I cleaned the contacts and put it back together and it worked.
 
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Old May 24, 2020 | 11:11 PM
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So the battery and start button are working. When Ithe starter engages there is no spark. When i bought this they jumped the starter relay and it fired up. Now I cant even get spark when I do that. Should I disconnect the harness and try jumping it.
 
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Old May 25, 2020 | 03:35 AM
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Check the kill switch first, awful close to the start button, could you have disconnected or shorted a wire there? Annoying fact is that you disturb wires when fault tracing, and can end up with another fault by the time you find the first one. Change the plug, then test wires to the CDI, the "help diagnose stator" sticky here is useful for that.
 
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Old May 25, 2020 | 12:40 PM
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Yup. You were right! Kill switch wasnt working. I connected the two wires at the switch and plenty of spark. Yay! And the switch is now working. The issue now is a carb problem. It is revving like crazy. Even with the choke on full. I pulled out the cable and re seated the pin but it's still revving crazy high. I did clean the carb out awhile ago. And put a air filter on. Any recommendations?
 
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Assuming it is a slide carb, the slide should drop down onto a screw in the side of the carb, screw in and it doesn't go quite as far down, screw out and the slide goes down further, slowing the idle. Check you have plenty of slack in the throttle cable when the slide is on this stop.
 
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