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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello eveyone. I have good news. She is running and the T&T is working again. I want to thank those whom replied to help me racerone, Crosbyman, and Oldboat1. Thank you. After going through most of the connections, replacing some of the wiring harness, and etc... I went and read some old replies...
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Yes, we did clean up all battery supply connections. Actually, we replaced them too. Going to have to give it a rest. And start back up next week. Thank you for all your help for I really appreciate it. I will keep you updated. Thank again. :)
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello again: Update: Pulled start wire harness and it's good. mmmm
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello. I understand. Tilt only works when by passing switch. Even though switch is getting power, we are not getting power running to the solenoid from the switch? Any ideas? I really don't want to pull the wire harness through the boat out, but I don't know what else it could be? Just rechecked...
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Thank you. We know the solenoid works for we jumped it and the motor started rignt up. Good news anyway! We are going to try and replace the ignition switch which is cheap and then get down and dirty and pull the harness wires like you suggested. It can only be so many things, right. I will keep...
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hi again. I appreciate your suggestions. We replaced the wire from the solenoid to the block. Not sure what wee post is though?
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello: We got the motor to start by hooking directly to the battery cable. We got the trim to tilt by putting battery power straight to it. The ignition switch shows power coming from it but not going to the solenoid. So we directly ran a from the ignition to the solenoid and it did not start...
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Thank you. I will try your suggestions and let you know.
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello. Update, I found a fuse over behind the coils which appears ok from the meter readings but not one by the solenoid which I can't seam to find. I replaced the old terminals on the new battery. And still no power. I cleaned all the connections around the motor including the solenoid which is...
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    No power to start motor or tilt on 48 hp Johnson

    Hello. I am wondering if anyone can help trouble shoot an issue I am having with my 48 hp Johnson 1990 motor. I put a new battery in and checked the power shut off switch. Once in a while, I can trim the motor but only up or down once then it won't tilt again. Also, the motor will not start at...
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