Hello to all and Happy New Year, may this year be trouble free to all boaters. Now to my question, I have a 1996 force 40 by mercury ser.#OE198720 after running the motor for a few mins it will began to over charge and somtimes have a miss. I have changed the coil packs so I think the voltage regulator is bad. I done a parts search and found a part # of 815279T5 or 883071A1 so I ordered one and it said it was a 6 wire ( I have not received part yet ) I checked the one on the motor and found a 4 wire regulator OEM # 815279-4 (2- yellow,1-gray,1- red wire ). when I looked up the part I found some that said the 815279T will cross to the 815279-4-5 or 883071A1 the new part said the wires are gray = tach, 2X yellow = AC, red (female connector) = sense, red (male connector) = battery pos, black = battery neg. If I run a new wire from the new sense wire to the battery pos will this work?
If I have to buy the OEM part # part it will cost me mega bucks over what the new part is. Thanks for any help Robert M
If I have to buy the OEM part # part it will cost me mega bucks over what the new part is. Thanks for any help Robert M