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Foreman 450 es no start, no display

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#1 ·
Foreman 450es issues:

Electric start not working, will start, idle and drive fine pulling the manual recoil or I can jump start across starter relay/solenoid. No "click" with key on and pushing start button

Electric shift buttons work intermittently. Will work up and down one second won't work at all the next or can shift up but not down. Manual shift with wrench works fine.

No display or led lights from combination meter. There is a brief flicker of light from the neutral light when switching key on/off

Things checked so far:

Have 2 batteries one new, both have/hold voltage fine
All fuses checked
Put on a new starter relay switch/ solenoid still all same problems
I just downloaded a manual so I'll be going through that soon but was curious if anyone had similar problems. The combination meter and lights not working at all has me really stumped.
 
#5 ·
Update: all problems solved, it ended up being a bad wire connection coming from the key ignition. Previous owner had cut the wires then spliced in an after market ignition. Not sure why but one of the splices had only one wire crimped into it. Replaced with new one anyway even though I probably could have fixed the bad connection.