HOW DO I BY PASS THE IGNITION KEY ?
My ignition key has stopped working but the boat will start with a
screw driver across the starter.Can i run two wires from the soleniod to a push button switch ? I would
leave the ignition switch as it is because it still shuts the motor off
and i would fix it spring 2007. It just does not start the boat
anymore. Thanks sonofadocker |
sonofadocker
Nov 19
2006
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| That would work. Would it be easier for you than replacing the ignition
switch?
Jim |
Jim
Nov 19
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| >screw driver across the starter. |
Short
Nov 19
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| You can do that, but I can't imagine how it would be much easier than
replacing the keyswitch. Before you go that far, though, there's a switch on
your shift lever that you should check. It's there to keep you from starting
the engine with the drive in gear. The switch contacts could be bad, or it
could be like mine where the mechanical switch pusher gadget is kind of
marginal and sometimes needs a little extra hand pressure on the pull-knob
to make it work. |
Ernest
Nov 19
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| This sounds like an outboard and the key/neutral switches are in the
control head. After a while in salt water that may not really come
apart that easily. This might end up being a new control head if he
isn't careful.
BTW it does sound more like a bad neutral switch than the ignition
switch (the ignition switch is negative logiic, it "makes" to stop the
motor). |
gfretwell
Nov 19
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| Yes... the neutral interlock safety switch on the throttle/shifter is more
suspect than the ignition switch. Try wiggling the throttle a bit with the
key turned to "start". -W |
Clams
Nov 19
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| he was having a really difficult time getting the starter changed,
because he couldn't find an apropriate socket to fit the bolt heads.
Unless, he's now working on a different boat. Clams Canino wrote: |
Tim
Nov 19
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