88 135 mariner starting without controls

[fishinhard1]

I know virtually nothing about Mercs\mariners I know on my OMC's I can start the motor without having controls hooked up. Is this the case with Mercs? I've got and 88 135 2.ol that I am going to part out but I need to make sure the switch box and coils and such are working so as not to sell a bad part to someone. I hooked the motor up yo a battery and jumped the starter to try and check for Spark and got nothing on all six cylinders Do I need to do something in order to get this thing to fire I don't have any Merc controls. Thanks any and all help is greatly appreciared. Mike

 

[cannonford57]

Re: 88 135 mariner starting without controls

disconnect the black wire with the yellow tracer from both switchboxes.

 

[fishinhard1]

Re: 88 135 mariner starting without controls

Thanks I'll try that. Mike

 

[Chris1956]

Re: 88 135 mariner starting without controls

You do not need to do that. Simply connect a battery to the batt cables, and with the boat harness disconnected, pump up the primer bulb, set the throttle a bit out from all the way back, and jumper the solenoid to crank the motor. Push the button on the primer to choke her a bit, and whroom...