heyyou325
Chief Petty Officer
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- Feb 17, 2011
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I recently bought a 1977 Evinrude 70 hp outboard from a friend. It ran for him, except he had a fuel problem. I fixed that, ran great. Then I decided to put the control box in my boat that came off the motor. I was not happy with the way my old one worked, just small things. I changed everything around, hooked it all up, and it wouldn't fire. I opened the control box , and find 2 wires with one loose end on each. One black, I figure a ground, about 2", and the other one purple about 4 to 5 " from where it t's. I'm terrible with wiring and what things are called, but here goes. The black one comes out of the rubber encasing the shift cable, and I don't see it coming out anywhere else. The purple one comes from the ignition switch, t's and one side goes to a round about 1 1/2" by 3/4" cylinder with wires attached, and the other side is my loose wire. I cannot find any information in my book on the wiring in that shift control box. I'm guessing I would be safe hooking the black wire up to a loose screw inside the box. I forgot, one screw was very loose inside. Please correct me if I'm wrong. But no idea what to do with the purple wire. I took the control box apart that was for my old motor and it doesn't have this purple wire that is hanging loose. Where do I hook it up. I figure both were pulled loose when the marine shop took it off his boat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
