Trust the wire colors or the length?

[Vandkanten]

I have changed the CDI pack for my 3 cyl 35 hp Evinrude.

My old CDI Pack have 3 wires,
1: (A short wire, Orange/Green) went to bottom cyl.
2: (A medium wire, Orange/Purple) went to middle cyl.
3: (A long wire, Orange/Blue) want to top cyl.

According to the CDI Troubleshooting guide the above is correct.

My new CDI pack also have 3 wires
1: A short wire, Orange/Green)
2: A medium wire, Orange/Blue
3: A long wire, Orange/Purple.

I would go for the coloring codes, but it is clearly that wire 2 and 3 somehow has been swapped cause of the length. It does'nt look right.

How can I test what is right here?

 

[racerone]

Simple ----The sky is BLUE for the top cylinder.-----The grass is GREEN for the bottom cylinder.

 

[jakedaawg]

Hook it up by color first. See if it runs well. If not call CDI and explain. In the past they were very helpful over the phone.

 

[Vandkanten]

Thank you racerone, actually I didnt knew that one.

I have hooked it up and it runs very well even if I switch the two wires. I will try contact CDI on this one.