Two events happened simultaneously that seem too strange to be coincidental. I parked my ATV in the garage, and it would not go into neutral while the engine was running. So I shut it off, and since then five men have tried to rock it back and forth to get it into neutral. No luck.
Now I have no spark at the spark plug. Why would both things go wrong at once? Shouldn’t it pull-start when in gear? I have a spark plug tester kit; it indicates no spark.
The service manual indicates a neutral/reverse switch inside the alternator cover on page 10-6. Looks very hard to get at and requires special tools to do so.
There is a schematic diagram on page 19-0 that makes it appear that if the "neutral switch" is open, there may be no spark–though I am not clear about that.
Any suggestions? If I could just get the sucker into neutral, maybe all would be well. But why no spark? I am mystified. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
BTW, I have used two coils and two ignition control modules (that have worked before); they did not fix the problem. But one of the 15 amp fuses was blown. Why?
Two events happened simultaneously that seem too strange to be coincidental. I parked my ATV in the garage, and it would not go into neutral while the engine was running. So I shut it off, and since then five men have tried to rock it back and forth to get it into neutral. No luck.
Now I have no spark at the spark plug. Why would both things go wrong at once? Shouldn’t it pull-start when in gear? I have a spark plug tester kit; it indicates no spark.
The service manual indicates a neutral/reverse switch inside the alternator cover on page 10-6. Looks very hard to get at and requires special tools to do so.
There is a schematic diagram on page 19-0 that makes it appear that if the "neutral switch" is open, there may be no spark–though I am not clear about that.
Any suggestions? If I could just get the sucker into neutral, maybe all would be well. But why no spark? I am mystified. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
BTW, I have used two coils and two ignition control modules (that have worked before); they did not fix the problem. But one of the 15 amp fuses was blown. Why?
