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    Switching Source for Trolling Motor

    Fair point. Gas engine is connected directly to the crank battery traditionally. Red to +, black to - Regarding the click, yes this makes sense. But when I isolate the connections to the selector switch and change only one variable by removing them, I get the desired result. Going back to...
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    Switching Source for Trolling Motor

    Thanks for getting back. When I turn the key, I get a click from the engine but it doesn’t turn over. When I remove the cables running from the hot terminals to the switch, it starts like gangbusters. What I don’t understand is that the selector tests as an open when it’s supposed to. So in...
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    Switching Source for Trolling Motor

    Hey folks, I live in a subdivision with two lakes. One of the lakes is electric trolling motor only. So we have been out cruising before and then found ourselves with a dead battery, so I had to move the trolling motor connections over to my crank battery for my gas engine. I looked into...
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    Johnson 70EL79R - Idle Adjustment?

    Hey everyone: My first post. We recently bought a pontoon that's in good shape and a perfect starter for my family. It's got a 70HP '79 Johnson outboard on it. It starts pretty well, and it runs really great from everywhere just above idle all the way up to full throttle. However, it...
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