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Our 2002 Mercury outboard will not start with the ignition. It will start on 1 pull with the cord with the ignition switch in the on position. The ignition is new and the problem developed 6-9 months after the new ignition was installed. It shuts down when I pull the kill switch cord so we are...
we wrote the other day about this problem but there has been no change.....we get nothing when we turn the key but when we place the key in the run postion and pull the cord it starts right up....we cn turn it off with the key so there must be some life left in that ignition switch......one...
our 2002 merc outboard stopped starting at the end of last season when using the ignition switch.....we can start the motor with the pull cord with the key in the "run" position and it starts right up and runs fine.....we just get nothing when we turn the ignition key.....we think it might be...