"I got a mercruiser 165 straig
"I got a mercruiser 165 straight six inboard. All of the wires behind the gauges and the ignition swich are disconnected. I wired the red ignition wire to a larger red lead coming from the back of the boat and a yellow wire with a red stripe to the solonoid and i am getting a click at the solonoid, but there is a white wire coming from the ignition that is not connected. If the click is there are the wires hooked up right or do i need to do something different because the engine still won't start, just a click. What is the minimum wiring i can do to see if the engine will turn over. Also if i straight wire the positive side of the battery to the positive side of the coil should the engine start, and is it bad for the coil?"
"I got a mercruiser 165 straight six inboard. All of the wires behind the gauges and the ignition swich are disconnected. I wired the red ignition wire to a larger red lead coming from the back of the boat and a yellow wire with a red stripe to the solonoid and i am getting a click at the solonoid, but there is a white wire coming from the ignition that is not connected. If the click is there are the wires hooked up right or do i need to do something different because the engine still won't start, just a click. What is the minimum wiring i can do to see if the engine will turn over. Also if i straight wire the positive side of the battery to the positive side of the coil should the engine start, and is it bad for the coil?"