'01 Bombardier Quest 650 electrical componed connected to solenoid ID???

[Whiterabbit]

New to me Quest 650 with the Rotax engine, auto trans. Looking at the starter solenoid there are the usual wires, Batt+ in and Batt+ out to starter and the 2 lil wires to the ign start button but there is a factory box with 2 lil wires coming out mounted to the frame next to it, one wire is connected to one of the large Batt terminals (12 o-clock position in pic). The other wire from the box is just dangling out in space. I can't find where that loose wire goes and what the **** the lil' box is. 😆 Need some insight please.

 

[Gwbarm]

Im not really that familiar with the Quest , but the black box, i have never seen anything quite like it. I looked up the electrical components for that Quad and didnt see anything that looked like it.

 

Wonder if it is an add on relay housing of some sort.

[Whiterabbit]

Yea, I looked at the parts diagrams and electrical component lists and couldn't find anything also. It looks factory installed on studs on the frame.

[Whiterabbit]

I don't think it's a solenoid, only 2 18ga wires, one on a batt+ and the other is a mystery.  Well, the bike runs, charges, and stops so I guess it can't be too important 😁

[Mech]

Doesn't look like a solenoid..  Does it have any part numbers on it ?

[Whiterabbit]

No numbers. One lead is connected to a starter solenoid hot terminal.  Not enough wires for a relay either. 🤔 I'll pull the stupid thing off tonight! Probably a gov tracking device 😂

[Mech]

Haha..

[Gwbarm]

Looking at the photos a little closer, it does not look like an add on, when i was looking up the electrics for the quest, there were several different models, i may not have looked up your exact model, it may be something to power an accessory thats no longer there since it runs good. 

[Mech]

Only two wires..  Maybe a circuit breaker, but they are mostly in steel cases as far as I know.

I looked in two manuals, at the diagrams and the photos of around the battery.. nothing that looked right though..

But.. It does look well made and well mounted. You'd think it was genuine, or an accessory.

Regulator for heated handlebars perhaps ?

[Whiterabbit]

Thing is only getting power when you hit the start button off that solenoid terminal.

[Mech]

Oh..  That is strange !!  But a clue no doubt.. 

Wanders off musing...

[Whiterabbit]

It's fully encapsulated in epoxy, and the wires and epoxy show heat damage.  The bracket it was on was also the solenoid mount, definitely factory installed.

 I'm still voting that it's a Gov tracking device.  😎

[Mech]

It's pretty chunky, and a funny shape, the T shape..  Should be identifiable.. 

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