OK here is the deal. When I got my boat the wiring was all rigged up. All the guages were hanging from the wires under the dash. Most did not work. The ignition was wired direct, a wire was ran from the back of the amp guage to the positive side of the coil. The boat ran fine like this. When I replaced the guages I do not have an amp guage any longer. So I ran power directly from the ignition switch to the positive side of the coil. When I tried to start the boat the points got red hot and melted. So am I missing something? Should there be a resistor in line as the 12volts too much? I have direct power from the battery going into the battery terminal on my ignition. I have a 3 terminal ignition switch. Then I ran the power strait back from the ignition terminal on the ignition switch. The 3rd runs from the s terminal into the neutral safety for the shift, then to the starter. The only thing that has changed was the removal of the amp guage. Help?
