96 xlt 600 lighting and gauges won't work intermittently - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

kyleapperley · 12-16-2012, 10:21 AM

Hey everyone have a question on my lights and gauges, when I first fire up my sled everything works and lights are on but when I let it warm up I will come back to it and my gauges will be showing nothing and my headlight/taillight won't be working. Wiring looks ok as I cannot see any cuts or open wires showing. When I had it warmed up and brought the rpms up last night the lights and gauges came back on. Just wondering if anyone's been done this road and what I should be checking out next. Thanks.

godfrey90sf · 12-16-2012, 11:03 AM

Is the headlight on but very dim or off completely? This is how my sled acted before the stator went out

kyleapperley · 12-16-2012, 11:42 AM

When I first start it all the lights and gauges are working when I walk away and let it warm up. When I come back to it everything was off, no lights or gauges at all, then last night when I brought up the rpms everything came back on and it worked fine while I was out riding. When I came back and let it idle again everything went out again.

Lights and gauges seem to work fine when engine rpms are up.

AKlein57 · 12-16-2012, 03:10 PM

The lights should dim when idling and return to full strength when the rpm's are brought up. This question might not apply but what is it idling at?

kyleapperley · 12-16-2012, 03:56 PM

I am not 100% sure what its idling at but somewhere around the 2000-3000 I believe. When I went out to it last night there was no headlight and the rpm gauge was showing zero and no lights there either.

I am not to worried cause everything worked well when I went for a ride just want to be on the lookout and get it fixed up before the lights and gauges quit on the trail.

Thanks,
Kyle

aduck · 12-16-2012, 04:03 PM

Check for lose connections as well as stator ohm. Sound more like a put connection crap ground

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kyleapperley · 12-16-2012, 10:15 PM

Thanks I will take a look again in the daylight and see if anything is loose in the connections.