What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

[cajun66]

What are these plugs for?

All of my mid 70s 25hp motors have them and I've got no clue what they go to.

 

[cajun66]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

Picture works now.

 

[F_R]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

kill switch. You don't have one?

 

[cajun66]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

No. Right now it's idled so low it dies when I throttle it all the way down.
What does the kill switch look like? Does it short the plugs to ground? Where did it mount?

 

[cajun66]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

P.S. This motor is apparently a 1975 model, not a 74.

 

[samo_ott]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

The kill switch is just a push button mounted down low on the front of the cowling. You could remotely run one also. If you short those 2 wires out, it will die.

 

[GatorTom]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

The wires are for the kill switch. Looking at the front of the motor, the choke should be on the left and the kill switch on the right. You may have a rich/lean knob in the center. You can remote wire a new switch or if it is a tiller, replace the existing switch. It looks like the switch is there in your picture, but I'm not sure. I would replace it anyway with a lanyard style kill switch for safety's sake. I just replace my push button kill switch with a lanyard style switch on my '72 25hp sportster. It was like $10 on iboats and took about 5 minutes to install.

 

[cajun66]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

Do I short the 2 wires together to kill the motor or short them individually or together to the engine case (ground)? I plan to install a beadman style switch with a lanyard as y'all suggested.

P.S. the kill switch is missing on all my 25hp motors.

 

[strikeback03]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

Short them to each other - that is all the stock switch did.

 

[cajun66]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

Thanks a lot. That's what I needed to know.

 

[GatorTom]

Re: What are these plugs for? 1974 Evin. 25hp

Here's the link to the switch that I just put on mine.

http://www.iboats.com/Seadog_Universal_Kill_Switch/dm/keywords.kill%20switch--**********.410203761--*******.830430164--list_time.1183747266--view_id.39677