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#Kill #Switch #Troubleshooting
Kill Switch Troubleshooting
Our Senior Technician Clark Beard shows you how to troubleshoot a stop circuit.
It just takes a few easy steps to diagnose the problem!
kill switch on a boat
Our Senior Technician Clark Beard shows you how to troubleshoot a stop circuit.
It just takes a few easy steps to diagnose the problem!
21 Comments
I have a pull start outboard motor and I wont to fit a electric start motor ( serial number 0N045091 ) MERCURY MARINE ( 2005 ME30 EMLH ) ( 30HP) I hope you can help me thank you Joseph
Good man
Hi Clark, I just “inherited” an old 1970 Mercury Thunderbolt 7.5hp outboard. I’ve been fixing it up; new/rebuilt fuel pump, carburetor, etc. New stator, new ignition coils, plugs, etc. Excellent compression on both cylinders. However… the wiring was completely shot. I need to re-wire EVERYTHING, and I can’t find a wiring diagram anywhere. Please help! Even a simple explanation of the new stator (with orange and green wire) would be helpful.
Hi my name is Luis I have a 2013 Lowe 17.5 stinger bass boat it has a relay started clicking I had to disconnect the battery for it to stop the relay # is 882751 what does that relay run I replaced it and the new one is clicking too
Hi Clark I have a 1982 merc 115 can't get spark since I shut off the kill switch how can I disconnect thank you
Is it my switch motor turns over but starter pinion spins
Darn, I’ve been pulling my hair out to get my motor to start. Replaced the flywheel and stator because small chunks of magnets under the flywheel broke off. Still no or intermittent sparks. I didn’t put the kill switch in when turning the key. Could it be the problem? I hope it is.
But FWC all boat including tiller motors must have a kill switch .
MY 06 90hp johnson suddenly lost spark at all cylinders. i unplugged blk/y kill wire and no change. Ohms reading on stator brown-brown865 dva reading 219 on orange to orange ohms 56 dva maybe 4.5 this is if im reading on correct settings on meter. not sure how to ck optical sensor ,trigger or power pack. Any help would be appreciated. thanks
Cutting the kill wire would be stupid. All you have to do is pull apart the wires at the switch, add a jumper wire and then take a multimeter and check for continuity at the motor end of the harness.
So why does my motor turn on when I have the kill circuit disconnected from my power pack. But when its connected to the power pack it won't start. How do I fix this or put my own on to bypass harness
i have amariner maraathon 40hp which is running rough as guys on 2 cycinders. Sparks health on both cylinders and is present in both spark plus… but runs badly on 2. Runs smooth purring when i remove one spark lead. Same thing when I remove the other spark lead. on both leads connected, rough again. Someone mentioned i May have apartial short on my kill switches which is how I got to your video. Ive not isolated the kill switch at the closest point to engine as you have shown but just wondering if you had any other magic ideas?
Hey I got a 2005 mercury 90 2 stroke. There is a brown wire and a brown/white wire that seem to have disconnected from each other but I’m not certain. Do these 2 go together?
on a 4 stroke would a faulty kill switch effect the voltage to the high pressure fuel pump
Hi Clark, We have installed a new CDI pack on a 99 225 Evinrude Vindicator and are still having more troubles with our engine. First, engine hard to start when first starting up; second the engine light comes on at 3/4 trottle and up if you back off trottle the light will go out and run find; lastly the engine takes 5-10 minutes seems to idle down from above idle for shifting. Would really appreciate any help and thanks!
Wtf would you cut the wire, just free the pin on the wire…
hello everyone, I bought a boat and it comes with a 1990 150 hp Evinrude, the boat has kills switch and no spark, my question is if anyone knows what color in the motor is the kill switch clable to know if this (kill switch) works? thanks to everyone!.
We have a 2012 pontoon with a Mercury 115 EFI Four Stroke that runs perfect but last year an issue began- At high RPMs the engine will occasionally shut off/die, alarm beeps once, but then is able to start right back easily. This used to happen just occasionally at RPMs over 6000 only when hitting large waves when the trim was slightly up and pulling a tube, but now occurs occasionally when over 5000 RPMs or less with no load behind the boat at all. Each time the engine dies, alarm beeps for a couple os seconds, then I take it back to neutral and it can start right back up. Any help would be much appreciated???
Clark…we still have a problem. After your suggestion about the stator it didn't look good on all aspects, so we replaced it with a cdi electronics stator. It started twice no problem until we got braver and went 2 miles out on the lake. No start again, got ramp in sight and hit the key for laughs again, it started. Back home tried again, no start just quick hit, removed ground from neutral switch ran great with muffs, touch the ground to ground motor dies. Thought that was the problem, got confident again taped ground off went to the water and ran perfect, until we started back after a 3 mile run. No power-up with full throttle just a wake, 11/2 miles later pulled throttle back to no wake speed and you could here the motor change in power at this point we knew it would run so full throttle and 75 mph we go to the ramp. For another check on that ground for the neutral as back on trailer running we connected that wire back to ground and motor died. Something is good for a moment then bad again, Any more suggestion please? Thanks!
Clark…we have a problem that is puzzling us. 1999 Evinrude 225 Vindicator hard start, but when it starts you have to throttle up or it will die, also now it hasn't been starting back up after running up-down lake after sitting for a while. It sometimes hits very briefly, then just cranks not hit. Occasionally, after a few hours it will start. Need to mention that it runs great when it is running up-down lake. We have installed a new key kill switch, no change. It has hit before with the kill cord off the switch, that's why we changed the kill switch. Any suggestions please? Thanks!
How do I replace a kill switch on my 96 Johnson 6.0hp a piece of switch broke off and I. Could probably super glue it back on but in case that doesn't work how do I install one