Matthewg9
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I just recently bought a boat with a force 85 on it. Right now I'm stuck getting an ignition switch on it to work. It didnt have any wiring coming out of the motor to the controls so I ended up buying an 8 pin harness from a mercury 40hp. so I replaced the starter solenoid, starter, and got myself a service manual. I hooked up the yellow, white, green, red and blue wires to the ignition switch, and got nothing. Jumping the solenoid spins the motor over, but nothing with the switch. I tried a normal standalone switch and also a brand new set of controls with the 8 pin connector. Am I missing something?
serial # on motor is non existent but I found that an 856x9c motor is pretty much identical.
serial # on motor is non existent but I found that an 856x9c motor is pretty much identical.