Background: I just got a steal of a deal on a running 03 Kodiak 400. (as in cheap, not stolen!) But it needs some TLC including a few electrical things. and I’m hoping for help sourcing part or parts to patch it up. Someone lost a key and hotwired the bike with a toggle switch. It also appears they cut the rear brake wires (no idea why, although the taillight is busted out), the speedo is missing, and perhaps worst or most urgent is that the temp sensor on the radiator as it appears the connector for the wires to plug into it was ripped off so there’s two nude wires (red with black stripe and blue wire) hanging in that vicinity. Not surprisingly the fan doesn’t come on at all during my test riding.
So what I’m thinking is either finding a compete wiring harness or at least trying to find the tails with the plugs attached for an OEM key and for the temp sensor so I don’t have to undo the whole hotwire thing and rebuild it for a proper key, and to get the connector for the temp sensor, and to not have to splice the tailight wires back together.
Question 1: Anyone know where to get any or all of these items (complete harness or tails) and an ignition? Seems hard to find direct sources online so far.
Question 2: Under the front of the quad there is a loose wire I can’t readily identify where it should go or why. It is a white wire with a barrel type connector. It comes off the harness going to the 4×4 engage motor on the front diff. and looks like it would naturally route back toward the engine/trans but I really can’t see anywhere it would lead to? Anyone with an 03 wiring diagram or 03 kodiak who could look at theirs and tell me where it should go?
Background: I just got a steal of a deal on a running 03 Kodiak 400. (as in cheap, not stolen!) But it needs some TLC including a few electrical things. and I’m hoping for help sourcing part or parts to patch it up. Someone lost a key and hotwired the bike with a toggle switch. It also appears they cut the rear brake wires (no idea why, although the taillight is busted out), the speedo is missing, and perhaps worst or most urgent is that the temp sensor on the radiator as it appears the connector for the wires to plug into it was ripped off so there’s two nude wires (red with black stripe and blue wire) hanging in that vicinity. Not surprisingly the fan doesn’t come on at all during my test riding.
So what I’m thinking is either finding a compete wiring harness or at least trying to find the tails with the plugs attached for an OEM key and for the temp sensor so I don’t have to undo the whole hotwire thing and rebuild it for a proper key, and to get the connector for the temp sensor, and to not have to splice the tailight wires back together.
Question 1: Anyone know where to get any or all of these items (complete harness or tails) and an ignition? Seems hard to find direct sources online so far.
Question 2: Under the front of the quad there is a loose wire I can’t readily identify where it should go or why. It is a white wire with a barrel type connector. It comes off the harness going to the 4×4 engage motor on the front diff. and looks like it would naturally route back toward the engine/trans but I really can’t see anywhere it would lead to? Anyone with an 03 wiring diagram or 03 kodiak who could look at theirs and tell me where it should go?
