dose any one know if you have to have a battery inorder for the fan to run on a 96 scrambler my fan is not ingaging but before i start tearing things apart I want to know

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scooter1

I beleive so and I also think the AWD will not work.

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atv gooroo
05 sportsman 500 HO
26' mudlites on ITP's
Black and white primary spring
K&N Air filter
New brake pads, tie rod ends, fan,
ecm,wheel bearings,belt,water pump seals,
and rebuilt front end three times.

without your batt your charging system goes wide open+stays there eventually frying wiring+everthing electrical,depending on design,i know someone who started his bike on fire.

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01 SCRAMBLER 500 4X4/#170 MAIN JET,JET NEEDLE RAISED 2,1-1/2"FRONT WHEEL SPACERS,POLARIS SPEEDO+LOW PROFILE SHIELD,KEVLAR DRIVE BELT,WIDER SWAMPLITES,BICYCLE HAND GRIPS,GIANT IGUANA NAMED "CHUCK"

the newer ones you would need it for sure and i would guess the older one would want at least some battery in theree or i agree it will take out the electronics for sure.

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08' sportsman 800 w/ most of the goodies from the 06' traded- 06 sportsman 800 w/itp type 7 wheels and 27"xtr mudlites 3.0 warn, brush gaurd and rear bumper dalton clutch spring. 08' sportsman 400 stock
more pics
toys; 08' sp.800
08'sp.400
05' yahama vmax
08' gmc Z71 short box
08'dodge avenger awd

One of my owner's manuals said that if you run a quad without the battery it can blow out lightbulbs and I don't know what else. All that electricity has to go somewhere if it's not charging the battery.

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2006 Sportsman 500 EFI with winch, Glacier Plow, Lock & Ride backrest, front brushguard, rear bumper, 8" rear rack extension, thumb-warmer, 3-headlight kit, RAM mount for Garmin GPS 12.

Evo 2X 50cc 2-speed powerboard (scooter) with Power Pipe, velocity stack, ADA Racing air filter, bigger drive gear. Only 55 pounds with 6 HP.

2001 Chevy Siverado half-ton 4x4, regular cab, long bed, Leer fiberglass cap, an old mutt in the passenger seat.

Maybe I'm missing something here but you have to have a battery of some sort to complete the electrical circuit.
I'm not so sure that the battery has to be in perfect working order though, I was under the impression that only the newer ECM equiped models had to have a perfectly good battery to keep everything running correctly...but I could be mistaken on this one.

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’08 Sportsman 400 HO
Red, 25” Swamplites on stock rims, Contico cargo box, Pure Polaris deluxe front and rear brush guards

’06 Hawkeye 300
Green, 24” Carlisle 489s on stock rims, Pure Polaris deluxe brush guard, clutch mod w/12 gm. Rollers, Gorilla 2500 Pro winch

You can short the batery cables to complete the circuit without a battery, but all the voltage that should be chaging the battery will go to your lights and other electrical parts instead.

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2006 Sportsman 500 EFI with winch, Glacier Plow, Lock & Ride backrest, front brushguard, rear bumper, 8" rear rack extension, thumb-warmer, 3-headlight kit, RAM mount for Garmin GPS 12.

Evo 2X 50cc 2-speed powerboard (scooter) with Power Pipe, velocity stack, ADA Racing air filter, bigger drive gear. Only 55 pounds with 6 HP.

2001 Chevy Siverado half-ton 4x4, regular cab, long bed, Leer fiberglass cap, an old mutt in the passenger seat.

The older models can run fine on a dead battery. My Battery was shot for a month before I got around to changing it, I just pull started the ATV and everything worked. I think the newer ECM (2004.5 and newer) models need a working battery though for the ATV to operate properly.

Kinda of a dumb improvement, a cheap ATV battery takes a dump and your walking or getting towed?

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2001 SP 500 H.O

Edited: 05/08/2008 at 10:14 AM by TLC

But you have to leave the dead battery connected don't you? I'm just going by what I've read and heard.

As far as a dumb improvement that's how cars work. I made it five miles with my old truck misfiring before it stalled out dead. I think my 1 cylinder quad would do better than the 10 times bigger V-8 did when it died. I hope I never find out, and I ran the quad to charge the battery earlier today. I should buy a tender for it.

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2006 Sportsman 500 EFI with winch, Glacier Plow, Lock & Ride backrest, front brushguard, rear bumper, 8" rear rack extension, thumb-warmer, 3-headlight kit, RAM mount for Garmin GPS 12.

Evo 2X 50cc 2-speed powerboard (scooter) with Power Pipe, velocity stack, ADA Racing air filter, bigger drive gear. Only 55 pounds with 6 HP.

2001 Chevy Siverado half-ton 4x4, regular cab, long bed, Leer fiberglass cap, an old mutt in the passenger seat.