Moose

I found those grounding points.  I tested them with an Ohm meter and they all seem good.  I went back to my gear position switch connector to see if I could find a ground in any gear and nothing.  I guess I will have to go back into the rear crank case to see what has happened?  The switch I installed was new in the bag from Japan.

Thank You all for the help.  I was able to remove it and replaced the gear position switch.  But I still can not get my atv to start without jumpering the neutral switch wire to ground.  So far I have replaced the small sensor on the front of the engine and now the gear position switch at the rear.  I am not sure what is wrong.  Now I am wondering if I have a bad ground somewhere on the engine?

No airbox and carb are still in place.  Do I need to remove them?

Hello, I have removed all the bolts on the rear crank case cover to access the gear position switch. I have lifted the cover from the back of the motor. But no matter what I do I can not remove the cover to replace the switch or even inspect the old one. Do I need to either remove the motor or remove the rear swing arm to get this cover out from behing the motor?  My machine is a 2000 Honda Foreman 450 ES.