Just a little back story. This is my 05 sportsman 500 that has sat unused for sometime. It was my wife’s but I took it over finally.
So 3 days ago I installed a new winch. Everything worked the way it was supposed to. Finally got to ride it yesterday and it ran great. No issues at all. Parked it outside. It’s usually in the garage on the battery tender. Went to start it tonight and nothing. Light on the dash barely came on.
Hooked up the charger. Turned the key and it half fired. Couple more times nothing. Let it sit for 5 minutes turn the key putt putt putt then nothing again. Totally disconnected the power to the winch completely. Same issue again.
I had the solenoid mounted sideways.
After going over the instructions over and over checking the wiring I saw not to mount the solenoid upside down. I also screwed it down to the frame. Another no no according to instructions.
Could I have caused a problem doing that or would a bad battery cause it to not run, even with a charger hooked up?
The battery is an Interstate maybe 2 years old and been on the maintainer the whole time. I would have thought carb or fuel issue had it not run perfectly for so long.