Hi. I looked at the wiring diagram on the quadsport vault. It dosent include the battery or the starter circut in the picture and the colors are wrong. It says its for an 86 model. I have an 86. I got this quad in a million pieces. It is together and running now but I want to put the headlight back on. I guess all i need to know is how to properly hook up the regulator to charge the battery so I can run a headlight off of it. I have the harness but dont intend on hooking up any of it except what i need to have a hi beam on my own toggle switch. anyone got a diagram for me?

 

hey welcome to the forum!

you have an lt230e, and the diagram in the vault is for an lt230s.

ill try to find one for the e.

 

Thanks! It would appear that I didnt know exactly which machine I have. Thanks for the heads up man. One more question for ya, This machine has 200 lbs. of compression and wants to rip you arm off when you pull the cord... is that normal or do you think something has been done to it?
Lookin forward to the diagram, Im gonna go riding bebore it gets dark out!

 

230's have a long stroke and tend to have HIGH compression. so yes, they are a beast to get started! 200lbs is great by the way! all the 230s's have compression releases from the factory but im not sure if the e's have them too. is there a little lever on the top of the head? that will make pullstarting 10x easier!

 

I use the lever to get the gas flowing thru the cyl. with a few pulls then usually one hard pull and she fires right up. It wont run at all with the lever open though. Ive pulled every muscle in my right arm!

 

Any luck on the wiring diagram. I just picked up an 87 230e but looking for parts. Need the wiring diagram to fix some things correctly.

 

hey, i'm new to this site, i got a 91 lt230e, wheres the 230 vault?

thanks

 

No I never found the diagram. What I did was just hook up the regulator and run the positive (output) wire over to the battery and run the headlight off of the battery with my own switch on the ground side. I dont know if the regulator is junk or what but the voltage increases with rpm. up to almost 18v to 20v. So I wired the headlight to run on both Hi and Lo beams to take up some of the excess voltage. it seems to stay at about 13v-16v with the light on and the engine running and she hasn't burnt out any bulbs yet. There is another trick I will try if i burn out the bulb and that is to use an automotive resistor (from any pre 1974 Dodge) Its a rectangular ceramic thing with what looks like a spring running through it. Hook that in line between the regulator and the battery and that should shave off about 4v.
Unless of course the thing is supposed to run that high of voltage to the battery. Anyone have any insight on that issue for me?
Also all other electrical system components have been stripped off of this rig. Just Stator, regulator,wire, battery, switch, headlight.

 

Here is the LT230 vault, specifically for the s. Im sure the e is in the list as well.