Well, I seem to have picked up the Quadrunner bug. I bought a second one, a much older and physically smaller 230. 2WD, semi-auto, pull button reverse. The fellow got it to run, but certainly the carb is blocked up as it only ran on full choke. Controls are much different, and I'll have to look into the clutch/transmission as I can't seem to get it in neutral, though the previous owner was able to while loading??? I may be missing something. Does anybody know if the early Quadrunners were still "5 gears up" with neutral at the bottom? I should be able to knock it into neutral without the motor running, correct? Expect lots of questions, as this one needs a ton of work, lol.

Look for a vacuum leak or misadjusted throttle cable.

I have a 86 quadrunner 230 GE that up till last week was running amazing Since then I eebuilt carb and im having trouble with getting to much air I think I have a air leak or craked line or airbox duct But when my 230 runs its a tank it runs amazing and is so much fun its a total sleeper when I pull up and younger guys see it they usally give the look like whats that but when it runs and at 50-53mph they sort of look like ohh wow thats pretty quick lol Not the fastest but deff not the slowest and never gets stuck in mud or sand or on a hill I love it My tank lol

Best to get the marine grade heat shrink, offers better waterproofing of the splices. You can get spiral wrap there as well which can protect the wires from damage.

I just picked up a 85’ LT230GE Quadrunner and will share this info once I tear into mine.

I usually just strip all that black tape off, directly solder the wires, and heat shrink it good. You can get a box of heat shrink at Harbor Freight dirt cheap.

I had a quad sport from around that year. There is something cool about Suzuki quads from that era

lol also dont want to leave out the other folks that helped out on this thread too.. 😎👍 Thanks guys!