My next door neighbor has a 1997 arctic cat 454 4x4 bear cat with less than 700 miles that he bought new , he is in 70's and has taken very good care of it but during the summer he let it sit up and the carb needed to rebuilt so he took it off and had a local shop rebuild it, after putting it back on he tried to start it up but it would blow the ignition fuse every time he pushed the start button, at which time he came and got me and my ohm meter, I ohmed out the ignition fuse with the key off and fuse out we still have ohms on both wires to ground.
Has anyone ran into this? and does any one have a wiring diagram?


crazy ole coote

 

"I ohmed out the ignition fuse with the key off and fuse out we still have ohms on both wires to ground."

A certain amount of ohms may be acceptable. What you are looking for is an energized wire that is either grounded, or is requiring too many amps for the fuze.

"he tried to start it up but it would blow the ignition fuse every time he pushed the start button"

I would disconnect the wire (the wire that comes from the starter switch) at the starter solonoid, and see if the fuze still blows. If it does, then the problem is in the wiring (shorted to ground, pinched wire). If it does not, then the problem is in the starter solonoid or starter.