brooksville_rebel
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Aug 12, 2011
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Back several years ago what I assume was or is the engine overheating alarm went off. Engine hadn't overheated and after that it would come on whenever it felt like it. Tired of it I cut a wire to silence it. (Tho I do think it went off once more after that. ) Anyway... We have a different engine. The original was a Mercury 2002 40 ELPTO. Now we have a Mercury1987 70hp. As I try to clean up the wiring under the console I am wanting to remove this thing. Its rusted, its old and like I said would go off whenever it felt like it.
I see three wires. A brown that comes from the cable harness that goes to the engine (the one I originally cut) , a faded/light pink one that goes to the key ignition and a purple one also from the cable harness to the engine.
Questions
Can I just cut the wires, cap them and remove the alarm w/o messing up the ignition ability ?
Since this is a older engine If I got a new alarm would it just wire in the same place ?
Oh if it matters I have no gauges for oil temp/oil pressure etc. Its a premix engine now as a previous owner removed the injection.
Thanks
Mark
I see three wires. A brown that comes from the cable harness that goes to the engine (the one I originally cut) , a faded/light pink one that goes to the key ignition and a purple one also from the cable harness to the engine.
Questions
Can I just cut the wires, cap them and remove the alarm w/o messing up the ignition ability ?
Since this is a older engine If I got a new alarm would it just wire in the same place ?
Oh if it matters I have no gauges for oil temp/oil pressure etc. Its a premix engine now as a previous owner removed the injection.
Thanks
Mark