on my polaris 1994 300 2x4 i bought a month or so ago. when i first got it it needed a battery so bought a new one for it charged it up. put in a new spark plug. second pull fired right up. it needed some things fixed before it's ready for the trails. so now it has been not started in a month now. went to start it. nope no start. pulled the plug nice and brown. grounded the plug to the engine could see no spark. so like the genius i am put my finger on the spark plug and gave a little tug on the rope very faint tingle is all that was yesterday today did same test on spark or even a tingle .bummer. does the battery need to have a good full charge to start ? the guy i got it from said it was sitting for about 9 months with out it running. whats the first thing i need to check the kill / run switch ? charge up the battery ?

 

I'd probably start with charging the battery again...If that works maybe invest in a battery tender...


John

 

thanks i will give the battery a charge and see

 

Kinda sounds like what is going on with mine right now its in the shop and im waiting to hear the why but here is the tread on mine with possable fixes

http://forums.atvconnection.com/pola...ail-start.html

Crime

 

thanks some good tips there. battery is on the charger now. just thinking when i needed to remove the starter recoil there was a lot of water on the housing with some sludge. think the inside of flywheel could be rusted on the magnets bad and causing a problem ? would that screw up the charging also ?

 

well i charged up the battery still no start. any ideas now ?

 

did you try the pull start to check it for fire? is the spark plug cap/wire in good shape? maybe flyfeel has rust on it preventing a good contact for fire to go thru?

 

there is hardly any spark. i was thinking with all the water and sludge in the recoil housing the inside of flywheel might be rusted up. might need to pop off the flywheel and take a look.

 

Are you sure you have good fuel delivery? Machines that sit for long periods may have to have the gummed gas cleaned from the jets.

 

it's getting gas . spark is the problem right now. gas is about 2 mo.old and it ran after the new gas .