neutral start help

[mulli2b]

I have a uflex single lever throttle, I installed. Where do I connect the 2 neutral start wires coming from the thottle?

Bill

 

[wire2]

Re: neutral start help

Whaddya got?
An outboard system shorts the ignition to ground, an I/O system opens the distributor circuit.

 

[mulli2b]

Re: neutral start help

outboard
35 hp mercury

 

[seabob4]

Re: neutral start help

Merc and OMC, you'll have 2 yellow w/red stripe wires coming out of the engine harness. One lead to one, the other lead to the other...

 

[seabob4]

Re: neutral start help

Whaddya got?
An outboard system shorts the ignition to ground, an I/O system opens the distributor circuit.

Wire,
That's your kill switch circuit, not neutral safety...

 

[wire2]

Re: neutral start help

Wire,
That's your kill switch circuit, not neutral safety...

Dang! You're right.

 

[seabob4]

Re: neutral start help

Dang! You're right.

On a rare occasion, it has been known to happen...just don't tell my wife! I'M ALWAYS WRONG!...But I love her none the less!

 

[bruceb58]

Re: neutral start help

One of my favorite quotes from the TV show MASH:

"Frank, you are always wrong. That's what's so right about you."

 

[mulli2b]

Re: neutral start help

so if i haven't connected the wire yet it should have no issue with me starting the engine? I can't get the engine to start, just keeps cranking,

 

[NYBo]

Re: neutral start help

That switch interrupts the starter circuit, not the ignition. Check your kill switch, which DOES interrupt the ignition circuit.

 

[mulli2b]

Re: neutral start help

i haven't installed a kill switch. This is a complete modification from the ground up

 

[seabob4]

Re: neutral start help

so if i haven't connected the wire yet it should have no issue with me starting the engine? I can't get the engine to start, just keeps cranking,

As NYbo stated, the kill switch works by grounding the coil, in the same manner that your ign switch works when you turn it off. Is it possible that the engine has other problems that may keep it from starting? You may want to post a pic of what loose wires you have out of the engine harness behind the helm...