1977 sea ray not starting

77searay197

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I have a 1977 sea ray 197 bow rider I bought not long ago as my first boat. It has a mercruiser 233 in it. I went to take it to the lake this past weekend and turned te key and nothing happend. None of the switches worked or anything. I started it the night before and madr aure everything was working properly and everytiing was. I know I'm gettin power to the solenoid but the problem is somewhere between the solenoid and the ignition switch. Is there a place where all the wires meet and go into one big wire? Since it's a old boat it doesn't have a fuse panel like the newer boats have. Thanks for the help
 

81 Checkmate

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Re: 1977 sea ray not starting

Get your multi meter out and start chasing the wires down.. Both ends/grounds also

If no fuse panel it has to have some in-line fuses.

BTW...Welcome to iboats
 

77searay197

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Re: 1977 sea ray not starting

Ok thanks guys I appreciate it. I'm sure there's alot of good info on this site. I'm going to look at it this evening and tomorrow and see if I can get it figured out
 
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