I'm needing to replace the stock 'hydro-electric' shift selector switch with the 3 way (nav light) switch as suggested in past posts. I think i'm clear on hooking up the green & blue wires, I presume the purple w/green stripe wire coming from acc on ignition switch goes to the common providing...
72 Johnson 65HP hydro-electric, I'm in the process of replacing shift switch w/ 3 way as suggested in prior posts, but in the mean time I thought I'd test the theory by jumping some wires at the shifter end. With motor running I tried jumping 12V to green...motor dies, same result for 12v to...