'92 Force 70hp won't shut down....

[sswinde]

Motor starts right up and runs great....but won't shut down when I turn the key off. Where do I start??<br /><br />I totally disconneted the emergency kill switch...no help. All the grounds SEEM seem grounded, unless I've missed one somewhere.<br /><br />Only way I can kill it is to pull the gas.<br /><br />Help.<br /><br />Steve

 

[sswinde]

Re: '92 Force 70hp won't shut down....

Figured it out....<br /><br />Evidently, the previous owner had made a repair to the wiring harness near the motor...BUT...inside the rear hatch, so I never saw it. I discovered it while checking continuity between the black (ground) and the black/yellow (kill) and the prongs on the end of the wiring harness. Black-good...but had to be since the motor ran. Black/yellow-bad...AH HA.<br /><br />So, after pulling off what seemed like a mile of electric tape, I discovered that there was a nick in the insulation of the black/yellow and the wire totally corroded through. So I just made a small patch and re-taped. But I know that I have a much more permanent repair ahead of me...removing all those butt splices, soldering, heat shrinking, etc.<br /><br />Just goes to show you that a multimeter and wiring diagram are MOST USEFUL tools.

 

[sswinde]

Re: '92 Force 70hp won't shut down....

Figured it out....<br /><br />Evidently, the previous owner had made a repair to the wiring harness near the motor...BUT...inside the rear hatch, so I never saw it. I discovered it while checking continuity between the black (ground) and the black/yellow (kill) and the prongs on the end of the wiring harness. Black-good...but had to be since the motor ran. Black/yellow-bad...AH HA.<br /><br />So, after pulling off what seemed like a mile of electric tape, I discovered that there was a nick in the insulation of the black/yellow and the wire totally corroded through. So I just made a small patch and re-taped. But I know that I have a much more permanent repair ahead of me...removing all those butt splices, soldering, heat shrinking, etc.<br /><br />Just goes to show you that a multimeter and wiring diagram are MOST USEFUL tools.

 

[roscoe]

Re: '92 Force 70hp won't shut down....

That was fast, good job.