I was gifted this 1992 Timberwolf 250 2X from a friend. Although wear and tear and a couple things not hooked up this sucker was running fine until recently. Out of the blue it stopped starting. So I bought a manual and started the trouble shooting. Battery's good. There is power up to the on/off switch. The green light comes on. Red if it's not in neutral. I hit the start button and nothing.

I checked the starter switch on the handle bar. It's clean, no corrosion inside. Looks good. So, the tear down begins. Checking that all cables were attached and connected I disconnected the starter relay and jumped the battery to the starter. It started right up. I pulled the plug wire to kill the engine (yes, new spark plug). Wire's to it all good too. I bought a new starter relay and installed it. It had no effect. From here I'm wondering what to do next. I don't want to start replacing everything one part at a time. My concern right now is a lever in the trans case which is meant to shift the ATV to reverse when its in first gear. I think the linkage might have broke since the lever moves back and forth in gear or not. It never did this before. I'm wondering that if it's broken is that affecting the connection to the starter. I'm looking for suggestions from anyone who's had a similar experience.

Ready to work on. Skin off!

Where I replaced the starter relay.

Possibly broken lever.

 

Answered this twice on here last week, Here it is again copied and pasted from last time:- Does the solenoid click when you press the start button, if it does, either the starter or solenoid is faulty. How to be absolutely certain which it is:- connect a 12v incandescent test lamp between starter live and earth. Press start button, hear click, if lamp lights but starter doesn't work, faulty starter. If lamp doesn't light faulty solenoid. If solenoid doesn't click, you have a wiring fault. Yams have a hideously over-complex lock out system, so it won't start unless in neutral or a brake on. You really need the wiring diagram, and to follow it backwards from solenoid thin wires, to find the fault.