Johnson 115 kill switch

[boydog]

having trouble installing a new kill switch, the attached photo shows my wiring for a 99 johnson 115, i know its the yellow and black wire and then a ground wire (black and white) that i "tap" into, then those 2 wires go to the "M" sides of the kill switch. problem is, when i do all the above it wont crank! undo all the above fires right up! what am i doing wrong. (boat has never had a kill switch before

 

[tblshur]

is your kill switch normally closed ?

 

[boydog]

its new as well, this boat never has had one before

 

[tblshur]

most kill switches has a laynard attched to it do you have the lanyard attched

 

[boydog]

oh sure!

 

[tblshur]

can u post a pic of the kill switch

 

[boydog]

brand new!

 

[tblshur]

do you have an ohmn meter?

 

[tblshur]

im thinking b\y wire to c terminal and b\w to m

 

[tblshur]

if that dont work then move the y\b to the other c terminal

 

[boydog]

ok ill try that thanks

 

[jakedaawg]

...never mind. I cant think straight tonight.

 

[boydog]

ive tried all configurations on the switch with zero successs, switch seems to be ok, ohm at 1. with lanyard attached the n all zeros unplugged, when i connect to bl/yl and bl/wh (M&M on switch) with key switch on it doesnt kill. switch wires around no success. what the heck is wrong??

 

[tblshur]

boydog you have 2 terminals on key switch marked with m one has black wire on it that goes to ground or battery negative do not put black yellow wire on this terminal blk\y wire goes on the other m terminal on key switch do you understand what i say ?then we will go on

 

[tblshur]

im not good at explaining things but the two terminals you got the zero on your meter 1 will go to m terminal on key switch the other 1 will go to the other m terminal on the key switch

 

[boydog]

absolutely, thats what i did, black/yellow to M side, there is no solid black wire, its black/white, hooked it to the other M terminal on kill switch. nothing so i ran a jumper from neg side of battery to kill switch, still nothing.
something so easy!

 

[tblshur]

when you refer to m terminal are you talking about on key switch or kill switch

 

[boydog]

kill switch, look at my key switch, the wire are plug in not screw on

 

[tblshur]

take the battery negative wire that u have start the boat touch the battery neg. wire to the b\y wire does that kill the motor yes or no ?

 

[iggyw1]

Should be nice and simple. Try this: "Tap" into your ignition circuit at or near the key switch. (Probably a purple wire, but it could be different on your key switch. Red is 12v. power, Yellow is starter, Purple is usually the ignition side of the key switch). Tap into the ignition circuit wire and make a connection on the 'M' connector on the kill switch. Connect the other 'M' connector on the kill switch to a good ground wire near the key switch. Start the motor, and pull the landyard. The motor should die. Post your results please.