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Volvo 270 neutral safety switch??

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twinpilot001

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Having a 1969 225Hp Volvo chev engine (factory 225 hp) with 270 outdrive. Problem is =i believe a bad /intermittent =neutral safety switch? Switch is =NOT!! on the side mounted controll-no wiring. Controll has only a button to get throttle only - no electrical in / on /near the controll box. Where is the safety switch located??I have traced shift & throttle cables from controll to engine & outdrive - no switch.!! Help. Starter is good as is solenoid! Advise?
 
Are you sure the are no wires going to the shift box? I don't believe it could be anywhere else. It cranks in gear and out? Did you just get this boat? Morse made shift boxes with out SIG switches. Is it a Morse box like most were?
 
No wires what so ever - looks all origional as controll box. Even looked for wires removed to eliminate the switch -none tied up I can find. Problem im having is wont crank sometimes & sometimes will -has new starter & solenoid!! Even installed remote starter to solenoid to test -starter works fine! Today i replaced the ignition switch - still doing same thing!! Pulling whats left of my hair!:mad:
 
In 1969, the 225Hp Volvo chev engine (factory 225 hp) with 270 outdrive would not have been OEM.
Someone has changed the engine/drive.


If you have the old Bendix style starter motor, pull it and toss it in the recycled bin, and replace it with one of today's HTGR/PMGR starter motors.


Kim makes a good suggestion........ start with the key switch solenoid circuit terminal.... should be labled "S".
Check for power when the switch is in the "Start" position.

Also trace the yellow/red stripe circuit out in either direction.
If there is a Neutral Safety switch, you will find it.


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I am on my second 1969 Volvo I/O Chriscraft boat. Both came factory stock with Chris manufactured 283 CID/185 HP engines ( and extended PDS) . Both came with MORSE side mount single lever controls. Neither have/had neutral safety switches. The neutral safety/start switch is a function which almost universally occurs within the control head.
 
kimcrwbr1 said:
Does your starter have the old bendix style or the later spring type pinion? Just guessing that is the GM305cid. Either way adding a relay at the motor will shorten the distance power has to travel from the battery to the start solenoid.
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When I saw this post I do remember doing this on some larger Skipjacks that had long power runs. The sometimes will and sometimes won't, problems are a bitch. The slave solenoid should cure the "sometimes".
 
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