bad wire
bad pickup coil

 

I have tried to use the schematics at the Kawasaki site, but they seem to jump around. Do you happen to know where the pickup coil is? I have another machine that I am interchanging parts with to check mine.

 

hello i have a question does the coil have a 12v supply when key is on you have two wires at the coil 1 will be hot when key is on and the other wire will be also but when you hit the start button one of them wires should pulse while turning it over if not you have a bad pulser and if you do not have a 12v supply at the coil then you have a break in the wire some where or a bad starter relay/cdi/ or ground id check to see if you have voltage at the coil first and go from there. start at the basics but the pulser is in the case of the motor fairly easy to change -corey-

 

I want to thank you for the reply. My husband is out of town on business until Monday. Will let him know about your response. I know he will reply as soon as he returns. Do not know if he has access to email or not.

 

I have read your email to my husband and that of another gentleman. Do not know if you both can read the reply so I am sending you this reply also. The engine will turn over,have checked all electrical components in the rear by exchanging my parts and placing them on another ATV we own. Have checked coil, and cdi, another part which due to senioritis I can not think of its name. Now I have NO spark at plug. Have checked all fuse contections and fuses and wiring harness attachments. Since I do not have a schemetic and not knowledgable enough to know where the coil wires come from without untaping the entire wiring system. There is no fire at the coil. Does the coil wire receive juice from the ignition switch or routed through some other source?

 

yep it is feed by the on off switch or kill switch on the left thumb but do you have power at the coil? use a test light to find out first,starter relay turns the juice loose but look at all you power and grounds at the battery real close and also is your battery in good shape and does your green nuteral light come on when key is on?but it sounds like maybe you have a broken wire at the rear of the bike you may have to open the harness up and inspect for damaged wire,s if i had a wireing diogram in front of me id be able to figure it better for you i have a 86 bayou 2x4 but check and see if you have power at the coil first then if not open the back half of the harness and find the wire that is broken you can use a seam ripper that is used for sewing to open the harness with out damaging any other wire like useing a razor blade.the seam ripper has a plastic ball at the tip so it will slide across the wires with out hurtin um and it cuts tape well good luck finding the broken wire,s i think youll find it at the back of your machine being u said you wiggled something back there and it would go probably the ground wire is broken -corey-

 

I have no power to the coil, I checked both wires on the coil with ignition on, I got nothing.