BillyBlast01

@yamahatech72901 Welcome aboard! I am actually 60 miles north of Conway up US 65. I am going to be moving back to the Tampa FL area in the future.

@davefrombc @Mech @ScrappyD Sorry for the late reply. There has been some things going on here and I have been very busy. I bought a 2002 Polaris Ranger 2x4. I traded my old Jeep in for a 2018 Ford F150 AND I got a new puppy for Christmas so my time has been limited. I'm crate training him to be a house dog. Snow coming in later tonight. Oh Joy lol I do have someone now that can help me work on both the side by side Polaris and my quad.

@Dra O Sorry for the late reply. There has been some things going on here and I have been very busy. I bought a 2002 Polaris Ranger 2x4. I traded my old Jeep in for a 2018 Ford F150 AND I got a new puppy for Christmas so my time has been limited. I'm crate training him to be a house dog.

@ScrappyD This is what I have done so far. I bought a new battery made for the quad, a new ignition switch and a used wiring harness. Right now I am waiting on the weather to dry up so I can do the ignition switch and the wiring harness. I will keep everyone posted.

@Mech Hey copy that. It's supposed to be 10 degrees tonight but back close to 60 by Saturday lol

@Mech I ordered a new ignition and a guaranteed main harness waiting on a few other things and some warmer weather before I get busy stripping it down and putting it back together.

@davefrombc lol that's ok my friend.

@davefrombc I didn't pull start it. It was running when my brother parked it but he was having trouble with it starting. I tried the electric start and it turned over a few turns and everything died. No power to the lights or neutral safety light, it just died. So now I'm doing one step at a time. As for the Harness I so too. Thanks for all the info will keep you updated

@davefrombc yes I ran the hot wire that's when I found the red wire on the green ignition plug on the harness side corroded and broken at the plug I could not get any power anyway I tried to get it to power up. I then looked the harness over back to the battery and found other wires corroded and broken in the big white plug and the red wire on the assembly fuse box (2 15Amp) was broken and taped. I found a used harness guaranteed for $49 american with free shipping and a new Suzuki fuse box because the one on it is broken and taped as well as the fuse box is corroded inside and dirt filled. That's where I'm at at this time.

@davefrombc Man I got the fenders off today and made a jumpwire and the red wire in the green plug is corroded completely in to. I started looking at other plugs and the same thing. Is that the problem? I don't know but I'm going to replace the wiring harness just to be sure. Once the fenders were off I also noticed some old oil leaks and it's been leaking for a while. I don't know if or when the oil and filter was changed last. But that's what happens when you get a free quad lol. It will run again I just don't know when. One step at a time...

@davefrombc Ok great news on the neutral safety switch thanks for that info. My new ignition will be in tomorrow. As for the tracer no Dave they work on any electric wire as long as there is no electricity on in that wire. You hook the hot clamp to the wire to be traced. You hook the black wire to a ground and turn the sending unit on. It sends a signal down the wire being traced. You take the tracing probe and turn it on then run the probe end along the wiring harness. It will be making a beeping sound. When the beeping stops that is where the wire goes dead. But I will do the jump wire first to see if the headlight works when the key is on and the jump wire is hooked up. Thanks for all the info man. I will keep you updated.

@davefrombc here is a question for you. I have a multi meter you already know that. I'm not an electrician but I do know how to do my own wiring. I have a circuit tester tracer and it also checks continuity. I should be able to connect to the hotwire at the ignition plug with my sending unit and trace the signal from the sending unit until it stops beeping. As long as the wire is dead it won't damage my sending unit. I will take the fenders off tomorrow and trace it that way and I will also trace with the jump wire like you explained to me. Do you think it could be the neutral safety switch went out? Doesn't everything go dead at that point? And can I check the neutral safety switch to see if it's bad?

@davefrombc I hear that, I drove semi's for 15 years and I've been to Vancouver and Ottowa and Thunder Bay. Ottowa and Thunder Bay are in Ontario. They always sent me because I would chain up and keep it moving as long as the roads were not closed. Here in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas it's usually in the 40's and 50's for highs. Don't get me wrong we do see some low single digits sometimes but not every year. Last night it was 18 degrees here and is supposed to be in the low 50's for our high tomorrow. It's supposed to be 24 tonight.

@davefrombc @BillyBlast01 Dave I ran a power check on the red wire an had NO power from the battery to the switch. It's so cold here today but should be in the 50's by Saturday. I will run the test wire from the battery then and start back tracing and see where it stops at. Thanks for the info and will keep you updated as I move forward. My new OEM switch will be here hopefully tomorrow or Saturday.

@davefrombc ok will do and thanks will keep you updated

@davefrombc That's what I thought on the red wire. I need to run a power test on it and if there is no power to the green plug where the ignition plugs in then I need to start tracing back towards the battery. Thanks for the info

Hey everyone, here is an update. I have my new atv battery in and it's fully charged and installed. I have my new hi/lo range knob in that was missing. The ignition is the original one so my new OEM switch will be in Thursday or Friday. I have an original LT-F230 service manual. It gives all the colors of all the wires but does not say which are hot and which are ground. Here are pics of the front cover and the wiring page. Can anyone lead me in the right direction? I want to see if I have fire to the ignition switch. I do have a multi meter

Good morning everyone, here is a quick update. Brian never showed up. His dad came by Wednesday evening and in small talk he stated the Brian has not came by because he was mad at him. He was supposed to come by and help his dad and he keeps putting him off. So I have bought a new atv battery and ordered a new OEM ignition switch and the hi/low range knob that was missing. The ignition switch is the original switch so I'm changing it out to be sure it's not an issue. If I still have no power I'm going to check the neutral switch next. So that's where I'm at at this time. It's sitting in the front yard so I'm having to work on it around the weather and waiting on my deliveries. More rain coming in today and clear Saturday but a chance of a winter mix on Sunday with little to no accumulation expected.

Hey davefrombc, Brian had to work late today so he didn't come by. However I did some checking this morning. I unplugged the 5 pin switch and checked every wire on the battery side to the switch. I could not get any fire from any wire. Now I can't guarantee I had a good ground but I did try lol. Brian said he would be here tomorrow after work if he doesn't have to work late again.

@MarkinAR I know that area. I'm at my brother's house right now 5 miles or so north of Clinton, and I want to buy in Fairfield Bay. I found out today that Fairfield Bay has over 90 miles of ATV/UTV trails. That's a big plus for me.

Brian actually came by right after I posted. He's going to help me troubleshoot it

Here is the history on the quad as it was told to me. My brother's neighbor bought the quad from an elderly man in the local area. He was supposed to be the original owner. My brother got it from him. Now his neighbors son is an awesome mechanic and he can work on anything. He's built several quads from junked quads. He can fix any lawnmower too. He lives about 45 minutes away and we're going to try to get him over here this weekend. He can find it faster than I can...

@davefrombc Thanks for the info. Before my brother gave me the quad, he was riding it. It had only been sitting for a couple months or so. He had a bad rim that would not seal around the bead is why he stopped riding it. When his atv battery went bad he out a small car battery in a plastic milk crate and strapped it to the back rack. He did add extra cable to the battery cables. It's trying to rain here now so I'm having to wait on the weather it's sitting outside in the yard. As for fuses, there are 2 15 amp fuses by the battery box and both are good. I have a service manual I bought on ebay. Getting info from everyone will help me with areas to look at first.

No it's not being jumped my brother before he gave it to me took a small car battery and hooked it up to it. He already had that battery and the atv battery was bad so he hooked the car battery up on it. It does not have an actual atv battery it has the car battery. I am going to check it with my volt meter but his battery charger showed it to be fully charged. As for testing anything yet no not yet I just put new batteries in my test meter tonight

Thanks for the welcome!