I ordered a new kill switch because trying to hold the button down by hand engine would not even crank over. Had to push button real hard to make it engage. So once new kill switch arrive I see if that was the problem
There are (probably) 2 "kill switches". First is the neutral safety switch. The motor won't crank if that's tripped. Second is man overboard with a lanyard attached. You'll have your symptoms with this one being bad. Can test voltage on both sides of switch or jump the purple wires.
Not yet
Neutral position when trying to crank
Hello my friend I ran the wire from the battery straight to the coil positive and the engine fired right up. So what is causing it not to have enough power at the coil to have ignition on its on??
As Charlie Brown would say GOOD GRIEF
Replaced the lanyard emergency switch with a new one.
Dude, you're shotgunning everything. Do some of the troubleshooting, any of the troubleshooting steps outlined above (poor AD's about to have a fit that you haven't done the steps in #22). This won't be hard to solve if you just go in a logical order.
Went through every wire connector, wires, fuses and safety switch on my boat. Still no spark, so unplugged engine main harness connector and spread apart all the male prongs, plug it back in and shazam, it fired up.
It was the main harness connector. I just took my time and spread open those prongs a little bit and re connected the harness and it runs great.
The issue is going thru the wires is not the same as using a volt meter. A meter would tell you if there was voltage or not so you could determine what is the issue. From your statement, the connector was pulled apart and you don't know if it was the Red/Purple or the Purple wire pin which was the issue
Hi Bob, which pins did You clean??
disconnected main wiring harness and clean all the pins on one side (try to open the pins a little with small thin screwdriver for better contact) and all holes on the other side I then put dielect grease on them and I had spark again
