AVB, it didn't stop charging the day it came to the shop, I bet he had been charging the battery up at night for months, but it would not occur for him to tell you
Well the current owner only had it less than a month so it couldn't have been for months on his part but the previous owner very well may have. He buys and sells them routinely so I get several different makes and models in during the year for repairs. He actually a former tech but is having to give up on them due to health so he got me to do a lot of the heavy work. Plus working on them get me through the winter months here.
The newer ones are a pain to work on with all the electronics involved with the need of costly specialized electronic test equipment. UTV (side by sides) are easier to access things than the ATVs. Newer ATVs are worst than the new cars when it comes to working on them. Everything is so tightly packed. I rather work on the lawn care equipment.
As I said I got to get the new crimper but it not just for the ATVs and UTVs as I have been running into the weathertite connectors on riders too. I got to learn how to repair these newer wiring harnesses so I don't to replace complete harnesses for a simple broken wire at the connector. Pretty well know what needs to be done just got to have the right tools to do it so I can disassembly the connectors and properly crimp on new terminals. Plus I got to source the parts as the equipment OEMs are not providing them for the mowers or anything else as they prefer to just sell the complete harnesses.
Electronics are even showing up in the more expensive chainsaws now with Stihl's Mtronics and Husqvarna's Auto Tune systems out there. Just wondering how long before someone tries fuel injection again on push mowers. Robin tried it on the small single cylinder engines but fail and they went back carburetors.
I know Briggs is trying fuel injection but that is on their very large twin engines. I just haven't seen one here in the shop yet. Hard to learn something when you don't see it until it is worn out.
