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wire short for 300ex
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Posted by: 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.

Posted by: 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.

Posted by: sportraxrider10

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

Posted by: Pappy

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

Posted by: sportraxrider10

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

Posted by: 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.

Posted by: 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....

Posted by: 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

Posted by: derekhonda

yeah put a new fuse in it

Posted by: 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!

Posted by: 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!