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    88 Merc 60hp outboard water pressure sensor location.

    So I guess this gauge i have is a water pressure sensor, it has a hollow tubing connected to it, well of course it doesn’t work, where would the other end of this tubing be on my motor? This is not the original motor, does my motor even have this sensor? I looked around the motor and couldn’t...
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    New Tachometer isn’t working, possible causes?

    I bought a new tach on Amazon, set it to the correct setting, wiring is good, ground good the tach does turn on and display the other items, (water and outside temp) so the gauge does work but no RPM signal, my purple/grey wire is connected all new wiring and connectors. I have a 88 Merc 60hp...
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    Water temp sensor for 88 60hp 2 stroke Merc.

    I have the old style temp sensor, actually it’s just a hollow tubing, but my engine I don’t believe has a sender unit. Anyways I bought a new tachometer for my pontoon, it has a water temp on it, what sender would I need for my engine? On the diagram for the tach it shows a wire and a ground...
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    Water temp sensor for 88 60hp 2 stroke Merc.

    I have the old style temp sensor, actually it’s just a hollow tubing, but my engine I don’t believe has a sender unit. Anyways I bought a new tachometer for my pontoon, it has a water temp on it, what sender would I need for my engine? On the diagram for the tach it shows a wire and a ground...
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    Has anyone used a automatic charging relay?

    I ordered a selector switch to install on my pontoon, but then saw they make an auto switch, how reliable are these? I saw them from $20 all the way up to $150 on Amazon, good or bad experiences? The manual switch I would have to mount at the console but I feel like these I could mount anywhere.
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    Does anyone have experience with “Race only” push to start system install,

    Purchased a push to start setup on Amazon, I wanted to see if anyone has installed one of these yet, I have a pontoon with outboard and wanted to see if someone could help me with how to wire this up. I’m pretty confident on wiring it to start the engine and for choke, but had question about...
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    wiring help please

    I have an 88 suntracker bass buggy, it had a 35hp force on it, we upgraded to 60Hp mercury from the same year. I am re-wiring everything, i have all the accessories done, and on one battery I want to setup the ignition system on a separate battery. As of now the boat runs drives and all, but...
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    re-wiring 1988 bass buggy pontoon, would like some help

    So, searched all online and of course couldn't find ANYTHING about a wiring scheme, called Suntracker and no luck there, so turning to the forum peeps, Here are the issues i am having, no speedo, no tach, no water temp, voltage gauge works, opened the console and man wires running everywhere...
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    35 hp force outboard engine issues please help

    First off the boat is new to me, 88 Bass Buggy with 35hp Force engine. Took to the lake and spent a lot of time tuning it, after the 1st day i noticed the wrong plugs were in it, those have been replaced, noticed the choke solenoid doesnt work, but from my understanding this is just a start...
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