1994 honda foretrax no dash lights

[Beerwiser]

So I bought this fourtrax a few years ago.  Put a new battery in and all was great.  A couple of months later I lost all dash lights when I turn the key on and the start button doesn't do anything either.  I can still start it and run it off the kick starter and the neutral an reverse light will work, but you can tell they are running off the stator.  battery connections are all good and electrically closing the starter solenoid will engage the starter and start the quad.  I don't see any physical damage to any wiring off the handle bars/key area.  Does anyone know where to go from here?  I am getting too old to use the kick starter.

[davefrombc]

Sounds like no  power to the ignition switch . All  I can suggest  is get a VOM or  voltage probe and  check  for power at the input side of the switch.  If no power there you have to trace back  from there to  battery to see where battery power stops.. If you  have power at the ignition switch but not beyond , you  found the culprit. As long as the neutral light is working and  quad is in neutral   that light should show when you turn  ignition on .If the  neutral safety switch is bad  the light  may or may not show but  the quad starter won't engage on the button. When  your quad is running  do the lights shine brighter when you rev up  and does your battery show   charging voltage (  13.2 to14v) and does the ignition switch turn  off the quad? If  yes, there is likely  a broken  wire or corroded connection preventing power to the ignition switch.

There  is a  repair manual that should have an electrical schematic in the downloads section of the forum.   Tracing faults can  sometimes be a bi*** ..  Hopefully  you find the fault  quickly.

 

[Beerwiser]

This where I am lost.  The neutral safety and reverse works when the quad is running along with shutting the quad off with the key.  Turn the key on with the engine not running and there is zero power to anything.  The quad does not charge the battery either.  There is what looks like a junction box mounted under the handle bars to the frame, do you happen to know what is in there?  

[davefrombc]

I  copied this page from the service manual  here in the forum's  download section..  It appears from that illustration it is likely the CDI  box.

Honda 300FW.pdf

[davefrombc]

Here is the  complete wiring schematic.  Once you   have reached the minimum  posts level you will be able to  download the complete  service manual  from  the  downloads section here.

94Honda 300FW wiring.pdf

[Beerwiser]

Thanks Dave, it looks like the starter solenoid supplies power to the key.  Gonna have to check into that.