Re: Omc Sterdrive no forward, just reverse gear
It's not that complicated, like you need that kind of switch.
You would just need a 3 position switch, with three terminals.
The common terminal gets 12 volts from ignition.
One terminal gets the blue, and the last terminal gets the green.
Nuetral ( center position ) neither blue, nor green gets energized.
Forward, the switch makes from common to green. Nothing to blue.
Reverse, the switch makes from common to blue, Nothing to green.
You posted " It tested the green wire and no signal and the blue wire has signal when I put it in reverse." That is correct. If you put it in forward you should get power to the green wire, and not to the blue.
Remember the ground is already made by the bonding cable. At no time ever should you have power to both green and blue, at the same time. I am not sure what would happen with a running motor, the two electro magnets would be fighting each other to get into gear.
You should only have power at green, and not blue OR power at blue and not green, at anytime.
When one wire is powered, it passes through the correct electro magnet, engaging that gear and is returned or grounded through the bonding cable, back to the - on battery. Never power to both. There are two magnets. The blue feeds one, the green the other. Blue to green is not a circuit.
Have you looked at the wiring diagrams that I linked to? It might help with the visual of what I am trying to explain.
Edit:
Here is a crude drawing showing the three way switch function and the two seperate coils.
