HELP!!!!! Quicksilver wiring delema!!!

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My son was helping me change the throttle cable on my 1985 Mercruiser 120 (4cyl) with a Alpha 1 stern drive. The controller has the trim switches on the handle, marked "bow up , bow down" and "trailer".

The problem is the wires for the trim switches were disconnected before I had a chance to label them, and of course as luck would have it the wires are different colors.
The wires from the switch are as follows:
Two grey with white stripe
One red with black stripe
One purple with white stripe

The wires from the harness are as follows:
One red with white stripe
One purple with white stripe
One green with white stripe
One blue with white stripe

If anybody could tell me what wires go where, I would greatly appreciate it!!
 
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Re: HELP!!!!! Quicksilver wiring delema!!!

Thanks.. But that is a different system than what I have. With mine the switches are on the throttle handle. This may help a little but trying to make sense out of it while looking at my system is a bit confusing.
 

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Re: HELP!!!!! Quicksilver wiring delema!!!

The wires from the switch are as follows:
Two grey with white stripe
One red with black stripe
One purple with white stripe

The wires from the harness are as follows:
One red with white stripe
One purple with white stripe
One green with white stripe
One blue with white stripe
Maybe I can give a little help
Red will be 12V
p/w goes from the trim up to the trim limit connector near the stern
g/w is down trim goes to down solenoid
b/w is from the trailer switch goes back to connector in stern (other side of trim limit) then to up solenoid
 
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Re: HELP!!!!! Quicksilver wiring delema!!!

Ugh Duh! I just answered my own stupid question. Obviously you were talking about the wires in the harness.
 
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