craze1cars
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As many of you know, I recently removed the drive and bellhousing to replace all bellows & both trim senders. 1992 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha 1 Gen II. I took a week's vacation and am now back at it and just about done with re-assembly. Here's my quandry:<br /><br />I was about to adjust the new trim senders and tried to turn on my ignition so I could read the trim guage. Dead, nothing, nada. No dash lights, no clicks, no engine cranking. It worked 2 weeks ago before I did the bellows project!<br /><br />Battery is hooked up and fully charged, all non-ignition items are working fine (fish finder, horn, lights, radio).<br /><br />And yes, it's in neutral. However I first suspected something may be amiss with the neutral switch/engine interrupt switch (whichever it is up there by the shift cable) since I had to remove the shift cable to do the bellows project. It is centered as it should be and the switch is "out." When the switch is out, the circuit is wide open, when I push the switch in (forward or reverse), I have full continuity. I presume this means it's working like it should. I tried turning the key in both positions just for kicks and dead both ways. I tried the "reset" switch on the motor. All fuses are present and have continuity. All visible electrical connections are tight. The ONLY electrical connections I messed with between then and now was the 4 plugs for the trim senders. These wouldn't cause the ignition to die, could they? The drive is still off the boat (waiting for my alignment tool before reinstalling), again I can't imagine that would affect my ignition circuit, but am I overlooking something obvious? I'm stumped and not sure where to turn.<br /><br />Stupid, stupid me and wasting money on that Clymer's manual...their troubleshooting charts are useless and don't even cover a basic no-ignition sequence so I'm not sure where to start. Is anyone out there able to post me a quick Mercruiser troubleshooting guide so I can systematically attack this thing and find out why I'm suddenly not getting juice? Any suggestions on where I should start? Much appreciated if anyone has some ideas.
<br /><br />Aldo