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larsonman78

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"hi guys im having trouble som

"hi guys im having trouble somewhere in my starting circut i just bought the motor and the guy i bought it off of said it ran i trust him anyways i bought the service manual for it and re did all the wires i then installed a fuse on the ignition where the manual said there was one but now it keeps blowing the motor did turn over once so i know it will turn over i just cant figure out why it keeps blowing fuses can anyone help me the model number for the motor is v4ml-10r any help would be nice also email me if your willing to mabe talk me through it ill email my phone to you or vise versa [email protected]"
 
Usually a fuse blowing means a

Usually a fuse blowing means a dead short somewhere or and extreme overload of voltage. Are you sure you didn't cross any wires when re-wiring the sytem?
 
it has a volt meter and at the

it has a volt meter and at the current time ive double checked all the wiring diagrams and all the wires look like their in the right place the volt meter imeaditly goes to 0 when i turn the key if that helps
 
"Byan, It sounds like you eith

"Byan, It sounds like you either have a short circuit or the fuse is incorrectly sized. A standard starter solenoid should draw about 4 Amps. If the fuse is in the circuit you use to run the starter, I would think you would want a 8-10 Amp fuse. Make sure the starter current goes from the battery directly to the starter solenoid, with no fuses."
 
ok i did some more wiring toda

ok i did some more wiring today but i still cant get it to start or even turn over ive gone all through the wiring of the starting circut and the ignition circut both look fine and have all new wires that ive installed i was told that there could be an amprage or voltage overload some where but have no clue how to find it is there anyone on here from iowa or around the iowa city area that could help this is the first boat ive ever owned and im starting to get annoyed by it lol mainly cause i havnt been able to use it yet
 
"Bryan, Is that motor a magnet

"Bryan, Is that motor a magneto model or does it have Battery Ignition? If it is a magneto model(spark plugs spaced around the dist. cap like a antomobile), the ignition is stopped by grounding the points (black thin killer wire on the distributor). If it is a battery ignition (spark plug leads are inline on the dist cap, the iginition is killed by removing the +12V on the ignition wire. Is it possible you have the wrong ignition switch?"
 
"Bryan, The wiring on my &#39

"Bryan, The wiring on my '58 Fat-Fifty (ancestor of your motor) (magneto ignition) was a wire to the choke solenoid, the killer wire, a ground wire, a +12V wire and a wire to the starter solenoid. The generator and regulator were junk, so none of that was in use. I used a single DPDT switch and two pushbuttons on the dash. Flip the switch up and it provided +12V to the two push buttons and removed the ground on the points. Push the choke button when necessary and the start pushbutton to start the motor. Flip the switch down and it grounded the points to stop the motor. dirt simple...."
 
so your basicly saying get rid

so your basicly saying get rid of my current ignition switch hook a wire directly from my starter solenoid to a toggle switch and another wire from that to my coil and consider that as my ignition circut as for my starting circuit basicaly the same thing but use a push button switch that turns of when depressed if i under stand it correctly please get back to me and ill give it a go
 
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