the fuse on my motor has power to both sides but the red wire to the key switch has no power. so that must mean there is a break. i was told the red wire to the key switch comes straight from that fuse on the motor.(the one with the big red reset button on it) once i ran a wire from that fuse t0o my keyswitch the key turned on and my drive started working again going up and down. forgot to check the instruments but had to go back to work. how does this sound?
Michael
This is sounding more and more like the problem I had with the being that your trim and ignition are not on the same circuit breaker. When you say the thing with the big red fuse on it.. do you have a pic of that? The big red button might be the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker itself may have failed?
I actually had a two circuit breaker setup, the incoming feed from the battery was all good to one, but the 2nd it was not going through it. If you used a wire to basically bypass this part..it makes sense to me it's that unit, or could you have a 2nd fuse, or breaker inline that's stopping you. I tend to agree that wires just don't break..
That being said, if there have been electric additions the line may have been tapped.. taped and then come loose. Still sounds fuse or circuit breaker related to me.
I think a pic might help.. does your have the large cannon type connector right at the fuse/circuit breaker assembly? everything all good there too?
-Pantz