The machine in my brother-in-law's but I'm the "chief mechanic" of the family. He had it up north at a hunting property with other side of his family. He went to bring it home around Christmas and it wouldn't start. Got it winched onto the trailer and pushed into my garage. Definitely was some evidence of it being in some water. The rear "trunk" was an ice cube. After a few days, the recoil was finally thawed out enough that I could pull the rope. I pulled the cover and a couple of cups of nasty water came out. I dried it all out, put some RTV sealant on it and put it back together. I did grease the starter bendix, etc but I didn't pull the flywheel. I replaced the battery because the old one wasn't holding a charge. Thing starts up and runs great for a few weeks. He takes it ice fishing and brings it back and now the gauge pod is flashing with the battery light. Low voltage as I take it. It would still start tho. So it comes back to my house. Now I get no gauge pod and no winch but it will still start. Still sounds like low voltage issues. I plan to check the battery and charge it up if needed. I'll also check the resistance and continuity on the stater at the plug (once I find it) and then the voltage at 3000 rpms. Could the water have caused some issued with the stator? I'm leaning towards stater or voltage regulator as the culprit here. I want to get it up and running selfishly because since it's going to be at my house in the winter, I'm going to put a plow on it.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Thanks in advance for the help.
