wire short for 300ex

[sportraxrider10]

my 300ex is like dead,:( every time i go to press the start button the light on the headlight goes out for like 3 seconds and it doesn't start, i heard some clicking around the battery but i don't know what happened. just yesterday i power washed it at my cousins so i might have knocked a wire lose, but does anyone know where it might be.

[crookedeyemoto-x]

The same thing happened to me on my 400EX. On mine I just had a loose connection on the + side of the battery. Tighten both the negative and positive bolts on the battery, and maybe this will help. Hope it does, keep me posted.

[sportraxrider10]

that did not work, now when i turn on the key, the light on the headlight doesn't even turn on, HELP:(

[Pappy]

do you have any way of getting a voltage reading off of the battery

[sportraxrider10]

yes, the battery is fine, me and my dad checked it last night

[Pappy]

you can jump the solonoid by jumpstarting the quad at the starter, but i would rather try to pull the quad with something to try first.

[sportraxrider10]

i just checked my battery and it was fine, i took my starter apart and nothing was wrong in there, and finally i check the wires were the key connects to the rest of the wires and i didn't find anything wrong with that so i don't know what could be wrong with it....

[R-Crazy]

thats why i use a hose.
did u check a fuse or is your ignition connectors in all the way. give it a shot.

dave

[derekhonda]

yeah put a new fuse in it

[sportraxrider10]

i usually wash mine with a hose too, but i just got back ridin with my cousin and his dad was like "do you want to wash them with the power washer", and i was like "sure, i never used one before"......i will never do that again!

[sportraxrider10]

i found the short, it was the light switch.............i think i have to buy a new one


NO MORE POWER WASHING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)