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I did notice there a few making it clear they were just looking to get their ten post and manual.I see that you are a major contributor to this site and give some great advice so can understand the frustration. I just bought my first quad tuesday at age 55, looking forward to getting to some nice hunting and fishing spots here in New Hampshire and maine

and I forgot to say that this is a Remington Special Edition, but its been wrecked or something cause it has green plastics on it now. heres a pic

So I had a friend that did the same thing to the same bike. And found that the harness burnt up inside the bundles of wires. Completely melted. He knew right away because he smelt it and seen a little smoke. Did you see or smell any of that ? How there was no protection is beyond me. He wound up changing the entire harness. The stator coil was also wasted. The only good thing it the harness was only $85 and the stator I don’t remeber the cost. Make sure there is not a fuse anywhere before you go through all of this and download the manual to review the harness. Some models have a fuseable link that could burn up preventing damage. But honestly I would check the tranny first and make sure it’s all good before you put any money into it. If the gears are shot then it’s big bucks and you might want to cut your loss now !

@DKW Congrats on the quad, those will run forever if you maintain them. When you cleaned the carb, did you adjust any idle screws? * Topic title changed to "Just bought 1988 Suzuki LT250 4x4 Quadrunner" and moved to Suzuki ATV forum

Has the bike been sitting ? What condition is the cdi in? Is it possible any moisture got into the cdi. Most cdi units fail bc of moisture getting inside. Believe it or not you can put it in the oven on 225 deg for 10 min , NO more. Let it cool off and put it in the bike. Crazy but it works! it’s a temporary fix but will tell you if that’s the problem. Second; have you checked and tested the stator coil, pick up and secondary coils?

ATV plastic is a wear item.Up to 5 different kinds on ATV's.UV kills it.Sometimes sanding and painting is better,just like a car bumper.The linseed concoction,same as wd40,is the same,as on plastic headlights that have clouded over,it may work fine,but,for a short time.