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Old 04-27-2010 | 10:23 PM
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Hi there guys, my 1988 fourtrax has stop getting any spark. I am looking to replace the solenoid and spark plug wire. Could there be anything else that would need to be looked at?
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 03:04 PM
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Well I decided to buy a stage 2 CDI box. Hopefully this will also help.
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 03:11 PM
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Did you determine that thd CDI was bad? Or are you guessing?
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 03:48 PM
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Just shots in the dark and I figure a lil performance boost nvr hurt anyone "to bad". Of course in my situation its not that small of a performance boost.
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 07:02 PM
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Have you tested the coil? What size is the Fourtrax?
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 07:08 PM
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I am replacing the coil along with the CDI box. It is also a 300 bored .5mm larger.
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 07:45 PM
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Have you tried disconnecting the kill switch connector then checking for spark? I had a 125 Fourtrax that tested great on all of the kill switch test but wouldn't spark. I disconnected the kill switch connector and had a spark everytime. Just a thought
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mikel1
Have you tried disconnecting the kill switch connector then checking for spark? I had a 125 Fourtrax that tested great on all of the kill switch test but wouldn't spark. I disconnected the kill switch connector and had a spark everytime. Just a thought
You know that actually worked!! thanks.
 
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Old 04-28-2010 | 11:02 PM
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Cool! Your welcome
 
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