Hi everyone,
Sorry for the vague title...wasn't even sure what to put.
A little backstory so some of the ... nonsense later might make a little more sense.
I purchased a 97 Bayliner Capri 2050 and trailer last year for almost nothing.
Boat was complete minus engine and outdrive.
The previous owner grenaded the 350 and changed to an import 6 cylinder turbo.
Part of their process was to cut the engine wire harness leaving me about 4" of wire at the connector to work with, move the exhaust mounted controls off the engine, bypass the starter safety switch and...???
Before selling to me the import parts are gone...but so are a lot of the 350 parts.
I purchased another boat (boat was in horrible shape) with good 5.7 and outdrive.
I stripped everything engine and outdrive related including most of the wiring.
I resealed the engine, got that installed and aligned.
Hooked up enough of the engine to jump the starter and got it to run.
Found a diagram of the boat side wiring and rewired the engine side of the connector based on that.
I plugged in the connector and started testing different wires with only power and ground hooked to the engine.
Ignition wire 0 v with key off and 12 v with key on...good.
Start wire 0 v with key off, .6 v with key on, and only 12 v when turned to start. Not sure where the .6 v comes from?
Oil pressure and temperature wires 0 v with key off, but ~6 v with key on. Is this normal?
Alarm wire reading 0 v with key off, 12 v with key on...I assumed this would receive power from the bilge pump?
I hooked up the start wire (wanted to hear the engine turn over from key) and when I try to crank, nothing.
Unlike above (with wires not connected to starter) the volt meter now shows only 5.5 v at the start (trigger) wire.
I bypassed the wire (ran new wire from ignition switch to starter) and the engine cranks with key.
So, somewhere it appears like there is a short or ground or...I dont know.
I know this is a mess, but am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Anthony
Sorry for the vague title...wasn't even sure what to put.
A little backstory so some of the ... nonsense later might make a little more sense.
I purchased a 97 Bayliner Capri 2050 and trailer last year for almost nothing.
Boat was complete minus engine and outdrive.
The previous owner grenaded the 350 and changed to an import 6 cylinder turbo.
Part of their process was to cut the engine wire harness leaving me about 4" of wire at the connector to work with, move the exhaust mounted controls off the engine, bypass the starter safety switch and...???
Before selling to me the import parts are gone...but so are a lot of the 350 parts.
I purchased another boat (boat was in horrible shape) with good 5.7 and outdrive.
I stripped everything engine and outdrive related including most of the wiring.
I resealed the engine, got that installed and aligned.
Hooked up enough of the engine to jump the starter and got it to run.
Found a diagram of the boat side wiring and rewired the engine side of the connector based on that.
I plugged in the connector and started testing different wires with only power and ground hooked to the engine.
Ignition wire 0 v with key off and 12 v with key on...good.
Start wire 0 v with key off, .6 v with key on, and only 12 v when turned to start. Not sure where the .6 v comes from?
Oil pressure and temperature wires 0 v with key off, but ~6 v with key on. Is this normal?
Alarm wire reading 0 v with key off, 12 v with key on...I assumed this would receive power from the bilge pump?
I hooked up the start wire (wanted to hear the engine turn over from key) and when I try to crank, nothing.
Unlike above (with wires not connected to starter) the volt meter now shows only 5.5 v at the start (trigger) wire.
I bypassed the wire (ran new wire from ignition switch to starter) and the engine cranks with key.
So, somewhere it appears like there is a short or ground or...I dont know.
I know this is a mess, but am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Anthony