Most of them are control wires....red one is hot, match it.
As far as connectors, water proof. Personally, get the stock ones or new pins if you can.
Motor look like this? I made a name change!
He was buzzing around at 5500 RPMs and I was going to meet him and give him a lower pitch prop....never went to slow mode. I told him to ground the wire going to the overheat switch....he said he did that and nothing happened (no alarm)
Stupid is as stupid does.
Just loaned him a motor.
Agreed, complete job or nothing. He didn't check the overheat alarm system only the oil alarm. Admitted going though a kelp bed.
No limp mode so obviously an issue with the sensor.
Agreed, find the overheat prob and repair
Thanks guys.
"needs a new stator. I charge the battery manually when I get home and it never runs down when I use it. What is likely the next step?"
This line makes no sense. If you have a charging issue check the rectifier.
Besides checking compression (do this first) try a different carb.....this assumes...
Sold a 2000 70 HP Johnson to a guy and gave him a excellent price but told him I have not gone through it. It was a yacht tender motor so low idling hours...just Sun scorched.
We test ran it at my place and I walked him through what he needed to do. He sent me pictures of him and his wife and...
Who's the maker of the service manual and in general I wasn't talking about just the pin.
No problem with you working on it or even enjoying posting.... it's just at the end of the day don't expect it to be a real good outboard for you.
Really it's kind of wall art.....if you want to continue to play around with it purchase a factory manual and tear it down and restore it. Newer more modern motors work better for actual use but I have fun cleaning them up.
Just remember at the end of the day what you really have.
