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1969 Johnson 33 - 33EL69

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Hello,

New to the forum and pretty new to engine troubles. Recently rebuilt a 1967 Starcraft boat and put on it a 1969 Johnson 33 that came with it. Purchased a new ignition switch and moved wires from old to new. Ignition type I got is under this link; http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XADLC2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00 ...

However, after starting the motor and everything running well, I ran into trouble shutting her down. Putting the ignition key to off position does nothing. I was told that it might be the switch since it says 'Merc' in the title on Amazon, others said its my cut off wire... I can't locate it on this motor at all, I see no black/yellow wire... looking at the wiring, I found the cutoff switch and the wire pointed with the red arrow I'm thinking is the cutoff wire?? that wire is quite crunchy, I'm wondering if someone can help me. I can replace that wire if that is it.

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Thank you in advance.
 
That wire is NOT the cause of your shut-down problem. There are two black wires coming from under the mag plate. One goes to the center terminal of the vacuum cut-out switch, then on to the key switch. The other one goes directly to the key switch. Those are the kill wires. There is no black/yellow wire on this motor. The key switch electrically connects the two kill wires together when turned off (no connection when turned on). So..get it running and connect the two kill wires together and see if it stops. If it does, you know the wiring is good and the problem is with the switch or connections to it.
 
fdrgator said:
That wire is NOT the cause of your shut-down problem. There are two black wires coming from under the mag plate. One goes to the center terminal of the vacuum cut-out switch, then on to the key switch. The other one goes directly to the key switch. Those are the kill wires. There is no black/yellow wire on this motor. The key switch electrically connects the two kill wires together when turned off (no connection when turned on). So..get it running and connect the two kill wires together and see if it stops. If it does, you know the wiring is good and the problem is with the switch or connections to it.
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You were right...
 
actually I've got another problem... looks like previous owner used a harness that wasn't a match and for some reason, so he sort of put two and two together. I got a wiring diagram for 69 33EL69 that I used and I taken the old harness and used only certain wires from it to match stuff up.

So I matched red, with red, white with white, etc...

Now my electric choke works fine, but my solenoid just makes a click. As you can see in above photo, the previous owner had the starter connected directly to the battery, and another solenoid in the boat, that made the connection. Neither however work now, no matter how I connect the solenoid, one or the other, one makes no noise and the other makes a clicking sound each time a key is turned.

starter works I know that, I get no voltage on the starter side of the solenoid, even with a click.

Suggestions???
 
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