I will try to wrap all this up without being too long winded. I've always wanted a project, and this is my first.
I recently acquired a 200ES from a barn that was on my family's property. After a few hernias I managed to free it from the ground and slide it out of the barn. Despite not running for 20+ years this thing is in really great shape. All the plastic is there and not busted up, the brake light comes on but not the headlight, and the throttle appears to be stuck so you can't push in the thumb lever. I hooked up a portable jumper to test these things, the battery is shot. So, here I am, because I don't know the process of troubleshooting a trike, especially electrical components. So I am going to attempt to lay out what exactly is going on, yes I have looked at your forums and found a similar issue but when we start talking about relays and tracing wires, it's hard for me to understand without asking for clarification and I didn't want to revive a post from 2013. Also, if anyone else has had experience rebuilding these how big of a task is this? Not that it will deter me from doing it, I just want an idea really.
When you turn the key on the neutral light does come on and the brake light comes on as well. When I push the auto start button I hear a clicking coming from the the area the battery box is in. I'm assuming this is a solenoid but I don't know what to do to keep troubleshooting this. Now the pull start works great and you can hear the engine turning but there isn't anything that resembles the sound of an engine actually starting. Can I use my portable jumper and hook it directly to the starter to see if it spins? My only goal at this point is to get the trike to attempt to start. Once I hit that point I am going to start putting real time into it to make it nice again and to have to ride around the property on.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated and thank you in advanced for your time.
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