Hello Im new to iboats .i just bought a 71 deckboat it needs a lot of restoration .deck is wrotten canopy is destroyed. just started the teardown . im not shure if i should cut the seating off or not any input would be helpful . and it has a merc 500 on it it isnt getting any fire to plugs . it has lightning energiser breakerless ignition on it . any info on how to test these components would be helpful .it has a salmon colored wire from the switch box going to the ignition switch is this a hot wire or a ground kill wire? thank you for your time . this boat is 19' 6" long and 102" wide
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