Howdy!
I just purchased a 2000 Xplorer 400 4x4 (my first ATV, yay!) from a local gentleman. He primarily used it to plow his residential driveway. I noticed that the indicator lights on the pod (neutral/reverse) don't light up, and we both saw that AWD didn't appear to be working when loading it onto a trailer. Digging into it further, I also found that the low beams won't light up (but high beams work fine.) Searching online, I saw that this appears to be a common scenario that requires some components in the speedometer to be replaced (or the whole speedo replaced) - but this unit doesn't have a speedometer! The gentleman I purchased from offered to pay to have this repaired; but I'd prefer to dig into it myself, unless I get way outside of my depth, in which case I will let the pros deal with it (and be without my plow machine for awhile!) The previous owner did say that the unit was run without a good battery - but it was a long time ago, and he's pretty certain AWD has worked since then.
So to repeat, here's what I know isn't working:
Here's what I've done so far (some based on what I found on forums, and others based on the owner's manual):
I just purchased a 2000 Xplorer 400 4x4 (my first ATV, yay!) from a local gentleman. He primarily used it to plow his residential driveway. I noticed that the indicator lights on the pod (neutral/reverse) don't light up, and we both saw that AWD didn't appear to be working when loading it onto a trailer. Digging into it further, I also found that the low beams won't light up (but high beams work fine.) Searching online, I saw that this appears to be a common scenario that requires some components in the speedometer to be replaced (or the whole speedo replaced) - but this unit doesn't have a speedometer! The gentleman I purchased from offered to pay to have this repaired; but I'd prefer to dig into it myself, unless I get way outside of my depth, in which case I will let the pros deal with it (and be without my plow machine for awhile!) The previous owner did say that the unit was run without a good battery - but it was a long time ago, and he's pretty certain AWD has worked since then.
So to repeat, here's what I know isn't working:
- AWD
- Low beams
- Indicator lights for neutral and reverse don't work. (Unsure of temperature or oil lights, as I don't know how to force those to go on.)
Here's what I've done so far (some based on what I found on forums, and others based on the owner's manual):
- Found, was confused by, and stripped out old, duplicate, unused winch wiring
- Found the 20A circuit breaker in its package, cut open the package, and validated that there is power on both sides of it
- Under the front pod, validated that if they key is on and the run switch in the run position, that the red/white splice point is powered. If either the key is off or the run switch is on 'stop', that power goes away.
- Disconnected the ATV on/off switch, and verified that:
- There is power on pin 'A' of the wiring harness when the key and run switch are on
- On the switch side, if the switch is 'on', pins 5/6 are connected electrically; if the switch is off, they are not connected.
- The manual I've found (trail_blazer.pdf) includes a speedometer on the wiring diagram - which means that I can't see how the wiring is actually supposed to work. If anyone happens to have a full service manual for this model, I'd appreciate it!
- I can't figure out where the gray wire ends up going from the AWD switch side, so can't tell if it's getting powered by the AWD switch when turned on.
I suspect the diagrams for the 1999 Scambler 400 are probably accurate as to how a Reverse Speed Limiter hooks up - I'll dig around on that a bit later.
