Blown fuse/s?
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Blown fuse/s?
I bought this project a couple months ago and just haven't had time to get back to it. I'm going to try to sell it or get it running, but figured I would work on both.
It wasn't running when I bought and was able to start with jumper wires and bypassing the ignition switch. I got a new switch, rebuilt the carb and finally got a battery that fit it... and now nothing. I can get it to turn over by shorting the solenoid, but it won't fire now, and it no longer has a hot positive on the ignition switch. Before I jump into this too much can someone point me in the right direction on what to check first. My first thought is check for blown fuse or even several, but I look it over and when I read in my clymer manual I can't find anything for the 2005 Sportsman 500 on where fuses are? I'm guessing these may have the fuses in the wires throughout the quad... am I right? Any other things to check? Could my solenoid maybe be fried?
It wasn't running when I bought and was able to start with jumper wires and bypassing the ignition switch. I got a new switch, rebuilt the carb and finally got a battery that fit it... and now nothing. I can get it to turn over by shorting the solenoid, but it won't fire now, and it no longer has a hot positive on the ignition switch. Before I jump into this too much can someone point me in the right direction on what to check first. My first thought is check for blown fuse or even several, but I look it over and when I read in my clymer manual I can't find anything for the 2005 Sportsman 500 on where fuses are? I'm guessing these may have the fuses in the wires throughout the quad... am I right? Any other things to check? Could my solenoid maybe be fried?
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Pop the front panel and see if the BLACK finned Chinese ecm module has been replaced with a silver US made Sure Power module.These can cause all kinds of problems from not starting to electrical wiring fires. You can search this forum on ecm problems also. Even if it has been changed the replacements can go out! This was an on going problem!!! Look here. Huge ATV Recall by Polaris - Sportsman and Scrambler This is the first thing I would check out. It is a safety recall and if the module hasn't been changed(some atv's are still floating around that haven't been,most dealers should be able to help you out) OPT
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Yes!! Call your nearest dealer,they should be able to help you since it's a safety recall and Polaris will pay for this! Don't let any dealer try to charge you for the replacement! OPT
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Well... that's exaclty what the dealer is trying to do. Says that my particular ATV shows to have had the computer swapped twice under my vin number. Wants $150 for new ECM. This is crap! If this was indeed what happened, then shouldn't they have taken my old ECM?
Any ideas on how I can get the old ECM swapped for the right one without it being on my dime?
Any ideas on how I can get the old ECM swapped for the right one without it being on my dime?
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Well... that's exaclty what the dealer is trying to do. Says that my particular ATV shows to have had the computer swapped twice under my vin number. Wants $150 for new ECM. This is crap! If this was indeed what happened, then shouldn't they have taken my old ECM?
Any ideas on how I can get the old ECM swapped for the right one without it being on my dime?
Any ideas on how I can get the old ECM swapped for the right one without it being on my dime?
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I'm surprised by that! There's really no logic as to why an owner would do that before he sold it... if Polaris did indeed actually allow them to keep the part. If I had a safety recall of this magnitude... then I would want to make dang sure that the parts recalled, and made Polaris liable, were off the market.
I'll call Polaris direct tomorrow and see if there's anything they can do. Maybe I can send them the bad ECM and they send me a new one rather than go through a dealer.
I'll call Polaris direct tomorrow and see if there's anything they can do. Maybe I can send them the bad ECM and they send me a new one rather than go through a dealer.
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I'm surprised by that! There's really no logic as to why an owner would do that before he sold it... if Polaris did indeed actually allow them to keep the part. If I had a safety recall of this magnitude... then I would want to make dang sure that the parts recalled, and made Polaris liable, were off the market.
I'll call Polaris direct tomorrow and see if there's anything they can do. Maybe I can send them the bad ECM and they send me a new one rather than go through a dealer.
I'll call Polaris direct tomorrow and see if there's anything they can do. Maybe I can send them the bad ECM and they send me a new one rather than go through a dealer.
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