Ok, Needs some help on this one. While fishing today, (17ft Bass Tracker, Tournament V17 with Force 40hp) I must have recieved a short somewhere from my dual batterys that ran through my Merc control box through the control cables to the motor and started to melt some on the wires in the Outboard. I noticed the cables running from the control box to the motor (Cables for forward and reverse) were very hot to the touch, smoking and also noticed melted. As I took the outboard cover off, I saw smoke and notices the insulation on the wires have melted. When I tried to start the motor and put the motor in forward gear the throtle was stiff and would not work, noticed the cables were melted due to heat/short.
I can only assume some type of short from batter to ingition as all other electronics are on fuses. Can control box go bad or is there a short elsewhere????
Has anyone ever heard of this type of problem? If so solutions?
Also, can control box cables be replaced or do i need to replace the entire control box????
Any advise well appreciated.
BBQ FISH
I can only assume some type of short from batter to ingition as all other electronics are on fuses. Can control box go bad or is there a short elsewhere????
Has anyone ever heard of this type of problem? If so solutions?
Also, can control box cables be replaced or do i need to replace the entire control box????
Any advise well appreciated.
BBQ FISH