Ok, so I picked up my bros sled that has been sitting for 5+ years due to some power valve issues that he never got around to fixing. It's a 2000 srx 700. When I got it it was locked up so I pulled the heads, cylinders were spotless. Turns out the stator was rusted to the flywheel so I got a new flywheel, cleaned up the stator and put it back together. I cleaned the carbs and put new powervalves in and it started on the second pull. Ran great, except for no dash or lights. I ran it a couple times for a total of about 5 minutes and did have some coolant spilling out because the cap was off but I shut it off And the next time I tried starting it there was no spark. Any suggestions as to where to start with the dash and spark?
viperking
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sounds like the stator is shot
has the wiring harness been checked for rub throughs under the motor ?
Devilin AblueDress!
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X2 on the stator. Even though it fired with no dash lights. Each part of the stator serves a different duty. I had a 99 that the powervalves servo wouldnt work. Search every inch of harness and no luck. Replaced servo and WAA LAA! The smallest amount of contamination or being torqued in the wrong way will make it erratic spaztic.
I was thinking since I had good spark I would be ok, but looks like I will be ordering a stator. Thanks for the help.
Devilin AblueDress!
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newtoblue said:
This is one of those things that make you go HHMMM? I have seen them look brand new and be junk. I have seen others that look like a heap o chit and worked fine. Iam assuming you removed flywheel for clean up? Have to be critical of depth of bolts on puller. If you read the write up by mr.viper the most common problem is the the magnets on flywheel get a thin layer of rust and kills spark. Defiantely worth checking the harness while you have it torn apart.
I did remove the flywheel, when I pull it back apart I will check the harness, probably won't have too much time to work on it till the weekend.
viperking
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I sent you a pm. I have a used stator if you need it
New stator in, runs good, (thanks viperking). No rub through and still no dash. I guess I have some more searching to do. But at least it runs so I have some motivation.
the light and load control relay are either corroded or stuck, they are behind the dash peice with the vents above the footwells. blue and white relays if my memory serves me right.
That makes sense because I asked my brother about it and he said sometimes the dash would take up to a minute to come on, but once it was on it worked good, no flickering or anything such as you would expect with a short. Maybe they were starting to get sticky.