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Thats some good news. RM stator has good products, so i would go that route. As far as water in the box i find it odd other then that ride you took so maybe a crack in the box? Something has to be kicking up into the box. I would dry the box out and hit the bike with a hose and check it. If not then find some puddles and take a ride and keep checking. Process of elimination I would think is whats going to get to the bottom of this. Are you sure its water and not any other fluid?

Yeah, that sounds Great. Actually with such a trails, there is food and drink in the middle of the trip. That is for sure. This week we are planing new ride and to see how muddy will be. After snow in two weeks ago, now we have only rain! This was really great new powder snow, but as he come just disappear in few days Thanks Franco and Thanks to all Subscriber for the support !!!

I do recommend a way to clean them up. Take a look at this last project i did. Water sand and apply a clear coat thats flexible and durable to chemicals. Let me know what you think.

@payne thats great news and awesome work brother. All i did was point you in the right direction. You did all the work! Tidy up all the wiring and make sure to lube and properly service that atv and take care of it. Post some pics, stay in touch. Ride safe.

Think I got it Frank! Used my lawnmower battery and it started right up. I think I'm gonna get a new relay because its hit or miss with it it seems. Thanks for all your help, I greatly appreciate it!

Ok thats good. Just because a battery shows 11-12 v it does not mean it will crank an engine. Sometimes a cell is bas within the battery. Make sure the battery is properly charged and ready to go or new. Its important.

Ok so start to trace that wire back to the source. If you have to pull plastics and start exposing the harness do so. You can also do continuity testing. Find that same wire on the other side and put the tester on each end. Tester on continuity / ohms setting

If you know that starter is working thats great. But the starter should have cranked when you jumped the two big lugs on the starter relay. Definitely take the wires off that relay and clean asap and see what you get. If that battery is good then you should get a crank by jumping the wires. And check that ground for a good connection.

The kill switch is a common suspect with atvs that are left outside. Water gets inside and eventually fills and corrodes the inside. But if its in the on position and the engine starts like you said i think its ok for now. Try to use a bigger philips head screwdriver on that screw for the kill switch. If it still does not come out then drill out the head only and when you get the control off you can grab the rest of the stud with a pair of vice grips and spin it out. Take the ground wire off and clean it good and put it back on. You may want to go get a can of dielectric grease clean and add it to all the electrical connections. So back to that red wire, it has voltage when you press the start button? If so thats good. Now do the same thing on the starter relay. Test all wires like we said in the last post and see if any get voltage when start button is pressed. This will tell you that the start button is working should you get power upon pressing the start button to any of those wires and thats a good thing if you do. Keep in mind a new relay may be needed and its cheap enough to get and easy to find. I say this because if you get power to any of the wires on that relay when you press the start button means the relay is getting power and it should click. UNLESS there is a ground issue and that will be the next step. Back to the starter, i feel like you should disconnect the starter if its bad. Once you get that relay to click its going to send power to the starter and if you jumped the wires like you said and that starter is not moving you could burn wires up so be careful.

Ok so i spent a little time going through the diagram and highlighted some stuff. Im going to try to explain as best as i can since its been a while with a Yamaha for me. #4 battery/power goes to #3 (orange highlight) main switch and also to the rectifier. When it leaves the main switch the wire is brown (purple highlight) sends 12v positive to the #13/12 indicator lights for the neutral and reverse. NOW they need a ground source for them to come on. Thats where the neutral safety switch #14 (green) comes into play as well as the reverse #15 switch. When you shift the atv into neutral it grounds the sky blue wire thats on the neutral safety switch (green highlight) and sends that ground to the neutral indicator light and the light comes on. The sky blue wire also splits off to the starter safety circuit relay #8 (pink highlight) and gives that relay a ground as well. That relay also already should have a 12v positive power source from the cdi box #9 (red/white stripe) wire color. Check that wire for power with the key on. By these two wires (sky blue -)and (red/white stripe+) giving that relay power it closes the starter circuit relay and sends power to the dashboard and start button. ALSO important is the rear brake switch #16 (blue highlight) it has to be pulled in for the bike to crank as well. At least it did on mine. It was located on the left handlebar brake lever. Make sure that switch is there and working. Testing: You can take a piece of wire and jump the blue/white stripe and the red/white stripe going to #8 safety starter relay for a second and see if you get dash lights and see if the starter button works but since it sounds like your starter is stuck or bad you would have to keep a tester or test light on the wire at the starter to see if the starter button works and is in fact sending power to the starter. YOU SHOULD also hear a clicking from the starter relay if the start button works. Try to tap on the starter lightly with a rubber mallet or hammer to maybe free it up while cranking but be gentle. Also, Pull the safety starter relay out and make sure its clean and wires are good. Take apart all the wiring one at a time and clean and plug or reconnect so you don't get them mixed up. I circled the starter safety relay in light blue, that relay has the blue white stripe and res white stripe to jump. I hope this helps and let me know how it goes. Good luck brother.