Recent content by nickhesson

well guys, heres an update. Reverse wasnt working because the battery was dead. trickel charged it over night and reverse works. :) It appears that it is not taking a charge while the engine is running. Does this mean a bad battery or bad wiring? What can I check for the case of a battery not...

Im riding a 07 Skidoo Summit X 800 and have the same problem. I used to hear the starter at least try even when it wouldnt work.. now i hear nothing. its like the button no longer works. :( bad wiring?

what is a throttle breaker?

originally yes, I found that if i unplugged the left side of the handlebars it started, however now that is not the case. The only difference that is made is when the bigger connector is disconnected. Im at a loss here...

A month or so back, I posted on here about my fire repair job and am very thankful for all the help I had along the way. On to my new problem. I am having some kind of electrical short or resistance that is preventing my from achieving spark, which I've narrowed down to be something in the...

woooot! how far from kaslo is that?

My left over parts after reassembling.. Any suggestions on where these belong? by HessonPhotography, on Flickr

Video of Sled Running Here's how things are looking by HessonPhotography, on Flickr by HessonPhotography, on Flickr by HessonPhotography, on Flickr by HessonPhotography, on Flickr

Sorry, I forgot to update everyone!! The sled now works!! What i ended up doing was disconnecting the connectors at the middle top of the handlebar, cleaned them out, reconnected, and voila! Everything works! The lowdown since running it a bit. Currently the engine light blinks (orange)...

UPDATE!!! I disconnected the cables at the top of the handlebar, and cleaned them out. reconnected, and all is wel now. now to replace that relay and see if my Electric start works again...

any tips on taking apart the harness to check the wires. I would like to remove the killswitch cable entirely to ensure its not that, thus narrowing it down to the handwarmers... It only works with the harness disconnected. I took apart the killswitch and tried manually closing and opening a...

interesting. i just had the hand warmers replaced last season... looks like this one will be covered by the dealership then

Been trying for while now to get my sled to start since replacing the oil tank and was having no luck. However, I have found that by disconnecting the handwarmers/killswitch cable, the engine starts on one quick pull. idle's great. But this is making no sense to me... So, in order to start the...

Okay so heres the update. I have found that by disconnecting the handwarmers/killswitch cable, the engine starts on one quick pull. idle's great. But this is making no sense to me... So in order to start the engine, I must disconnect the connectors for the killswitch and handwarmers. No here...