Re: FRIENDS I AM IN A JAM!! 75Hp. mariner
Desperate times call for desperate methods! The way I remember which color wire is for Up and Down is as follows:
Green = to the earth;
Blue = to the sky.
If you don't have the battery already connected to the motor (i.e. both Pos and Neg main batt wires hooked up), you can run jumper cables directly to the motor.
Clamp the Neg firmly to a clean metal part of the powerhead to establish ground.
Then, trace the wiring harness coming up from the PT&T motor to the engine.
Find the Blue wire to the PT&T motor and connect the Pos battery jumper wire directly. Watch out for sparks! Of course you're a firefighter so you know how to deal with that kind of stuff!!!
If you do have all other wiring connected to your motor, then all you'd need to do is jump +12V from the battery to the blue PT&T motor wire. She should come right up for you.
One last thought, if you do have proper power to the PT&T solenoids, you can supply +12V directly to the small terminal of the solenoid, which will activate the solenoid and run the PT&T motor. This is the safest way to do it, since there's very little current going to the solenoid coil. Be sure to get on the correct terminal, since one is grounded and that will spark a lot! There should be a black wire connected to the ground terminal, the "hot" wire definitely won't be black, I can recall the specific color.
HTH & let us know how it turns out.........ed
