First, thanks in advance for any help. I am glad I found this forum.

I changed the battery on my 99 sportsman 500. New battery in and no go. When i hooked the terminals back up I noticed a second black wire that is coming from the same path as the negative wire with a bolt loop on the end. It comes from the shrink wrapped "bubble" that the negative cable comes from. It was definitely hooked to something. Is this a ground? When i try to hold it to the frame to ground it it does not allow it to start. Any idea where this needs to go?

 

If it helps...when i hook a jumper from another battery and ground the black jumper cable to the frame it starts right up.

 

its a ground i think. try attaching it to the battery with the negative battery cable

 

Ok so just hook it directly to the negative battery terminal?

 

yea. put that and the cable together and put the bolt through

 

problem solved. I ran a ground wire from the neg terminal to the frame. Fired right up! Thanks!!