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We have a 8'x24' pontoon. We had some work done recently and the shop burned the carpet in a couple places. Since they are going to pay for the carpet to be replaced, I figured we should probably go ahead and replace the deck at the same time. Taking that one step further, I thought that we...
I am looking for advice on mounting a small rectangular piece of metal to thin fiberglass/plastic. I am concerned about the mount point breaking if the item on the mount is bumped into. Details below...
A couple years ago, I mounted my fish finder on my pontoon console. I wanted to have the...
Re: Where is the kill switch on 2003 Mercury 90 HP ELPTO 2-stroke?
Well, the fuse in the previous picture didn't work. I removed it, which also stopped the engine from turning over.
I decided to punt. I made a grounding harness, plugged in each spark plug boot to the harness, jumpered the...
Re: Where is the kill switch on 2003 Mercury 90 HP ELPTO 2-stroke?
Is this fuse between the starter and the coils? (red arrows in picture) If so, would I get my intended outcome if I unplugged the fuse? Would it still turn over, but not transform the 12 volts to thousands of volts in the...
Re: Where is the kill switch on 2003 Mercury 90 HP ELPTO 2-stroke?
I do not have a kill switch on the control. I have forward/neutral/reverse, tilt up/down and off/run/start.
I would like to prevent spark from getting to the coils, but still be able to turn over the motor to build pressure...
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I am preparing to do a compression test on my 2003 Mercury 90 HP ELPTO 2-stroke motor. I'd like to remove the risk of ungrounded plug boots sparking or some sort of feedback to the coils or some other component getting fried. I looked for a kill switch to disable the ignition, but I...
