2005 Arctic Cat ATV-400 4X4 Auto GREEN STARTER BUTTON

[afterdinnerspeaker]

Hi Everyone!

Recently, I could no longer start my Arctic Cat using the green starter button.
Initially, the response was intermittant (sometimes it would start and other times in wouldn't).
Finally, I get no response or sound by pressing the green button.

I'm trying desperately to trace the wires from the green button but can't seem to follow.
I took the button apart and cleaned the contacts but no difference (yet my instruments indicate contacts are OK).

I inserted an image to show the wiring colors going into the green switch.
I'm still able to start the machine by using a long screwdriver to short the starter.

I'm hoping someone can help me find a possible break in the wiring or any other cause.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

Jerry

 

 

 

[Gwbarm]

Check to make sure you are getting voltage to the starter, if you touch the two posts on the soloenoid together with a screwdriver the starter shouuld rotate. If it doesnt and you have voltage it might be a starter issue, try tapping the starter lightly with a hammer and see if it turns, or makes any sounds. If you went to the starter directly you completely bypassed the switch.

[afterdinnerspeaker]

Thank you Gwbarm!

Yes, the machine starts immediately when I touch the two posts on the solenoid together with a screwdriver.

I kind of suspect a break in one of the wires from the green starter switch.

Jerry

 

[Gwbarm]

Sorry i misread your post, i thought it wasnt starting by touching the post on the soloenoid, you should have a starter cutout relay that can go bad, it should be a black box close to your fuse box, and check fuses also, there is one attached to the soloenoid. You can trace the wires and check for continuity on the wires, orange white and yellow green wires to check for a break.

[Mech]

Don't know if this helps..

If you let us know which particular model(there are two auto), I'll have a better look and see what I can figure, but Gw is right, there is a start relay and a neutral relay.. 

 

2005 wiringdiagrams.pdf

[afterdinnerspeaker]

Hi Mech!  Thank you so much for the schematics.  I wasn't aware there were two auto models.  All I know is my manual says "2005 Arctic Cat ATV-400 4X4 Auto".  Do you know how I can determine which model mine is?

[Gwbarm]

Vin# etched into the frame do an internet vin # search

[Mech]

https://www.autoevolution.com/moto/arctic-cat/400/

There's quite a few.