For those of you that are following, I'm attempting to get an '67 Merc 1100SS running.<br /><br />The person that I got this motor from lost the keys for the switch. I opened up the controls and was horrified to see that 75% of the insulation in the control box was chipped off the wires. I also found that the choke switch (seperate from the key switch) is shot (it doesn't press in at all). <br /><br />The factory switch in it right now has soldered on wires. Being that I want to do this job right, I'm planning on putting in new wires in the controls and replacing the wires that go from the controls to the motor connection. I also perfer the press to choke switches for convenience (of not having to solder wires and easier starting), plus they are easier to get. I bought a Seloc manual for wiring diagrams and came up with this:<br /><br />The press to choke switch has 6 wires (old one has 5 plus a seperate choke). I figured out that I should hook the new switch wires to the factory harness colors in this manor:<br /> <br /> New Switch to Old Harness Colors<br /> Purple to None<br /> Black to Black (Motor + Tach Ground)<br /> Yellow Red to Yellow (Neutral Switch)<br /> Yellow Black to Gray (Motor Choke)<br /> Red to Red (Positive)<br /> Black Yellow to White (constant power/tach power)<br /><br />For anyone that has experience in this, is this correct? Should it work? <br /><br />Also, what gauge wire should I use to make the new harness? I'm thinking 10 gauge.<br /><br />Took me about 2 hours to figure this out. Hopefully this is right.
