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G'day has anybody come across this before. When I crank over the ignition there is no spark but as soon as I let the button go it will spark once and once only any ideas. It's a TGB outback 425.

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Sorry this is actually a Blade Runner as I have only the bare frame no plastics and when I gave the chasis No. to someone it came back as a Blade Runner not an outback but no year model though.

 

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The year  should be  coded in the VIN number.  Here  is  a  site  explaining   VIN  coding on ATVs.

http://www.atvstyle.com/atv-vin-number

As  far  as  chasing  down    a  fault,  Start  at  the  starter  circuit .. Since  you  get  a spark  when  you release  the  start button , it indicates to  me  there  is  no current  to  the  ignition while  the  starter  is activated , but there  is  when  it  is released. I would  strongly  suspect  the  starter relay  or  the  wire  from  it  that  supplies  ignition  current  when it  is  activated.

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added a comment on tracing the fault .
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