Hello,
I'm new to the forum and a new boat owner. So i have a question that maybe you folks can help with.
I've purchased a 2000 Voyager pontoon that has a 2000 Mercury 50 elpt 4 stroke carburated. The engine starts very hard at cold startup. So i did a little digging to see if the key pushbutton choke was working. After finding out with a tester that the Yellow/Black wire was the choke wire. I traced the wire to the engine and verified it had voltage all the way back the the 8 pin socket. Then further traced the wire over to where i thought i would be attached to a solenoid that activated a switch. But to my surprise found the wire dead ended with a rubber plug in it. Looks to be a like new motor and the wire almost looks like it was plugged at the factory. Is this wire not attached to somewhere it should be? Or is there another way that the choke or enricher is activated? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Thanks, Steve
I'm new to the forum and a new boat owner. So i have a question that maybe you folks can help with.
I've purchased a 2000 Voyager pontoon that has a 2000 Mercury 50 elpt 4 stroke carburated. The engine starts very hard at cold startup. So i did a little digging to see if the key pushbutton choke was working. After finding out with a tester that the Yellow/Black wire was the choke wire. I traced the wire to the engine and verified it had voltage all the way back the the 8 pin socket. Then further traced the wire over to where i thought i would be attached to a solenoid that activated a switch. But to my surprise found the wire dead ended with a rubber plug in it. Looks to be a like new motor and the wire almost looks like it was plugged at the factory. Is this wire not attached to somewhere it should be? Or is there another way that the choke or enricher is activated? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Thanks, Steve