I borrowed an ohm meter to do some testing and went out to my lt230s 4-wheeler and well just smoked cigs and stared at the wiring. LOL Hate to ask but any help????

 

Ok a lil update, I taught myself and here are the results.... Power source (pink and brown) 259 ohms pickup coil (b/y and g/w) 106 ohms lighting coil Orange 1 ohm and Black .3 ohms primary coil (from spark plug) .3 ohms and secondary well when take the plug boot off and test directly to the wire it test 4.3k ohms but when i screw the boot on the wire it test 9.1k ohms. all the switches test good. Now there was some black tape on two wires going to the magneto i took the tape off and the wires were not broke but almost. They tested at .3 ohms Someone please help.

 

Hey Brian!

I was waiting for a response on the other thread and never got one. Now I know why, you started a new thread. I don't have a lot of time now, but will try to spend more time tomorrow with some suggestions based on my experience with the same thing.

Just as a quick thought... the wires you found with the tape, are these from the pulser in the stator? Do you have a repair manual or just a wiring diagram? If these wires are from the pulser, I would suggest cutting out the bad areas, soldering in new wire, and apply heat shrink tubing. These are the wires that were bad on my ATV, and these are the wires that provide the voltage to the coil. They must be perfect!

Also, you should check for voltage on these wires while you are cranking the engine, but be VERY careful that you don't short any of the wires while doing it!

(don't feel badly about staring at the wiring with your DVM ... I spent more than a few minutes doing the same thing! LOL! Hang in there! )

I'm going to see if we can get KenM involved in this thread........ He was a great help to me!

Jackie

 

I noticed that the spark plug wire where it connects to the boot gets very corroded. Hence your higher resistance reading of 9 ohms. One guy told me to unscrew the boot and cut off lets say 1/4" of plug wire and then screw the boot back into the wire. It will be hard to screw in as you will need to push hard and screw at the same time. I did this on my 230 and it seemed to work fine and has for awhile now. Don't take this as gospel as it is a suggestion and something that worked for me. Good luck. Nothing like smoking a cig and hanging out in the garage!!