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Re: Electrical problems
I have run it since I re-wired. As I said, it starts right up and runs for a few minutes but the voltmeter reads less than 12 at idle and moves down when I rev the engine. Eventually the choke slowly closes and chokes out the engine. I have attached the wiring diagram...
I recently replaced the starter on my 96 Mercruiser 5.7. The first time I tried to start it I got a click... and then nothing. I presumed I must have mis-wired so I changed what I thought was wrong and the engine fired right up. Except I noticed that the volt meter which normally reads about...
