Outdrive does not move

[glennj3]

I’m pretty sure that I put a wire in the wrong place accidentally. I keep the outdrive down while resting on the trailer. It was down when I last took all the wires off the batteries, starter & solenoid to clean corrosion. At that time I posted & got the help I needed, ( I did not put a battery wire to the solenoid!) so I’m thinking I have a wire in the wrong place again.
From the hydraulic pump I see the largest black wire with a red tape on the end connected to the positive battery. The smaller wires I never disconnected or moved.
Messed up my day that I was finally going out to the lake, tomorrow is another day
Thank you for help!

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,...... Should be a big positive cable, 'n a big ground cable,......

 

[glennj3]

Ayuh,...... Should be a big positive cable, 'n a big ground cable,......

I’ll look this evening, when it cools down some. I didn’t see a ground cable but it makes sense!

 

[glennj3]

My cables are not color coded well. That black wire with the red tip that was on the + belonged on the -! I also found 2 small wires poss & neg that I believe goes to the switch.
Thank you for your assistance!

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,..... The positive goes to the solenoid's big buss bar, 'n the ground goes to the pump's mountin' bracket,.....
'n that bracket tends to rust,....

 

[glennj3]

I probably need to build a buss to attach most of my wires to. Clean it up. I have 3 wires maybe 4 in the positive & at least 4 in the Negative, in one of the 2 batteries. It’s easy to loose one when they are all removed.

 

[glennj3]

F/U my 1 st outing with the boat this year. Me & my son. I can hardly believe it ran so well, cranked & ran so well after stopping for a swim. It did not take in water up front like it has for the past 2 years.
I had 2 issues that I’ll ask in a new post.