Success!! found a bad ground wire, repaired it and we're good to go!!
Starter switch and trim buttons functioning as intended.
I can't thank you enough for the advice, but a million thanks anyway!
I truly appreciate it!!
Thanks Paul! I will check the grounds and post results. Ours doesn't have a RC box, tiller version with trim buttons on tiller handle. Thanks again for the advice, I'll check it out after work today!
We have a nissan nsf20c that has performed basically flawlessly since new. It has electric start and power trim/tilt. We had the misfortune of bumping into an underwater tree, which afterwards the starting and tilt power was intermittent, then no power to either at all. I checked both of the 20...