HELP 2001 Polaris Indy 500 Eletrical Problems

[kipawa]

My riding buddy has 2001 polaris indy 500 with electrical problems (no spark) can anyone please advise on how to check the coil and cdi box.
Thank you,
Kipawa

[ddaxe]

while leafing through the manual... is says there is "no acceptable test procedure available for the CDI conroll unit" 1st off.. check to see if the wiring is intact- no cracks in wires.. connectors.. etc.. etc... I had a similiar problem with my Mach Z and it turned out to be the stator(exciter coil)... I changed it out.. and was good to go... if you want to check the stator (exciter coil)... the procedure is as follows... you'll need a mulit meter... to test the resistance ... Rx1 scale... I'm not sure what the spec for a 2001 500 is..or the colour of the wires are... the dealer should be able to tell you... but on earlier models the manual says exciter coil- brown/white wire to black/red should read 164 ohms + - 10% another thing to check might be the throttle safety switch(for stuck throttles) disconnect it and check for spark... good luck...

[ddaxe]

I'm sure if you check to see if there is resistance in the CDI/coil pack.. it should be fine.. I have a couple of CDI's... I know work.. and will check them out.. and post the results...

[ddaxe]

ok... I went and checked out the situ on a CDI.. (I know this unit works) it's off a 94 500(was running now a parts sled). the brown/white wire to the red /black = 100 ohms the white to red black 160 ohms your wires may be of different colours being a later model... hope this is of some help...

[kipawa]

DDAXE , Thank you for the info, I have printed it for my riding buddy. Kipawa