Hello all,
First time post, fantastic forum. Have unraveled many a rats nest on my Three Bouys houseboat based on great information found here. Many thanks to all.
I now have a new dilemma with my '88 Three Bouys 42', AQ 151C Volvo houseboat. Have surfed and searched the web for hours and cannot put my finger on a solution.
Thought there may be an ole houseboat captain out there who may have been down this creek and could save me some headaches.
Can't seem to get the purple ignition wire to the coil to energize. Here's what I do know.
New ignition switch first of all, hot battery, good grounds. If I hot wire the coil, engine fires and runs well. Without the hot wire, it cranks but won't start, no fire to the coil.
Two purple wires at play here. Darker purple wire runs from the coil all the way to the helm, loops under the dash, no connection to the switch, heads back thru the floor and disappears in the wiring harness. This wire does not energize at any time.
Lighter color purple wire runs from the ignition terminal on the switch down thru the floor and out of site in the harness. This wire does energize with the switch on.
Question is, could there be a switch or connection up on the flybridge console that would prevent the continuity of the ignition wire?
First time post, fantastic forum. Have unraveled many a rats nest on my Three Bouys houseboat based on great information found here. Many thanks to all.
I now have a new dilemma with my '88 Three Bouys 42', AQ 151C Volvo houseboat. Have surfed and searched the web for hours and cannot put my finger on a solution.
Thought there may be an ole houseboat captain out there who may have been down this creek and could save me some headaches.
Can't seem to get the purple ignition wire to the coil to energize. Here's what I do know.
New ignition switch first of all, hot battery, good grounds. If I hot wire the coil, engine fires and runs well. Without the hot wire, it cranks but won't start, no fire to the coil.
Two purple wires at play here. Darker purple wire runs from the coil all the way to the helm, loops under the dash, no connection to the switch, heads back thru the floor and disappears in the wiring harness. This wire does not energize at any time.
Lighter color purple wire runs from the ignition terminal on the switch down thru the floor and out of site in the harness. This wire does energize with the switch on.
Question is, could there be a switch or connection up on the flybridge console that would prevent the continuity of the ignition wire?
