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Anonymous Posted on Oct 11, 2009

Our polaris sportsman 500 6x6 won't start

When we can get our polaris sportsman 500 6x6 started and turn lights on, lights goes off and on , if you move wiring harness it kills engine, and won't restart, we checked all wiring for scrapes and broken wiring found nothing, checked battery it's good, checked connections found nothing

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Polaris seems to have a problem with this issue. I had the same problem with my bike and was able to fix it . I found a bad resetable fuse link located under the front cover. It looks like a plastic case with wires at both ends. cut the case and check the condition of that part. I found it was badly rusted . I removed the part and wired in a 10 amp fuse with a holder. wrapped it up to protect it and the problem was gone. lights worked fine as well as the cluster. Ed.

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