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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Thanks Dieter. This and subsequent posts have me going in that direction.
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Thank you!
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    That's super helpful - thanks. That will be my next try should it go south again. I have been checking the position of the SI switch relative to the V and it seems to be centering now consistently. 1.5hrs of running and good news thus far. On the manual you referenced - time to get one...
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Thanks TB V. Carbed. With one gray wire coming off the neg terminal of my coil, does that mean my coil is grounding through my tach??? Apologies for all the novice questions.
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Definitely a tach on the boat..is an ECM another name for the ignition module on the riser? Where would I find d an ECM if fitted?
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Yes to clamp on the connector. Boat behaved over last 30 minutes Huh...after our short run i was about to remove the gray tach wire from coil and just noticed there is only one wire (gray) to the negative terminal. One purple to positive. There is is a lone unconnected black wire with...
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    thanks for this - will check on that hose clamps tomorrow.
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Thanks - ignition switch new as of last week. I will check the harness. The pic is as you suggested - a check/pic after it died, key off and before the throttle was moved back to neutral. It definitely hung up a bit. I assumed even some slight pressure on that switch might bugger something...
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Apologies S/N OM259266 Carbureted No recent repairs
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    Engine cutting out while underway

    Greetings. First time poster. 2000 Four Winns 180 with 4.3 Mercruiser with TB V. Boat was cutting out while underway late in the Fall, not this Spring and then just started again. Marine mechanic did some tests on ignition and did not find anything offside and it didn't act up (of course)...
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