1983 200E Elec-Starter Question

[carpsnake]

I am troubleshooting an electric starter on the Big Red and I have a broken wire and it's the lg/red wire which the diagram says is the neutral switch wire. Since it is cut and free, I am guessing there is no ground when in neutral and the e starter wont turn. I just don't know where that free wire should connect. Anybody have any experience with this. Looks like the wire was just broken from wear and age. Will any ground point do or would that cause it to start out of neutral. Any expertise from all of the gurus would be great. Thanks

[tri again]

83? not sure but manuals are free in the
'world class help' section.
Generally, the neutral safety switch is a dead ground when the gearbox is in neutral,
which 'allows' the electric start circuit to work.

On my 85, the n sw was under a sheet metal cover near the shifter
and I just held the wire to the engine case so I could start it and then just let it hang in free air until I wanted to e start again.

NOT real safe and not recommended because you can run yourself over when it starts in gear.

Oddly enough, it has nothing to do with kick, or pull start, in your case.
dead battery, key on and kill switch on, it should start manually.

With the key on and that neutral safe switch grounded, some neutral light should glow.
if it's in neutral and everything else works.
I found the safety sw locally for like 10 bucks.
silly little miniature sparkplug looking thing with a spring and plunger, prob fits a million other
applications.

[carpsnake]

I may just be blind but I still have not found the link for the "world class help" section. A few threads referred to it and I've looked, but I'll still keep looking. I did look through the manual though, no specific location where that ground wire should attach.

[motordude]

Does this help in any way:

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/content.php?196-ATC200E-Big-Red