2006 Honda BF225 Emergency Stop bypass

[Salty 225]

Bought a used boat with a 225 Honda. When I pull the clip off the kill switch the engine keeps running. The previous owner must have bypassed it. I can’t figure it out but I did notice some wires clipped at the front of the engine. Any help is appreciated.

 

[dingbat]

If it works the same as most of them, it's simply a normally open or closed switch. Cutting or disconnecting the wires wouldn't disarm the switch

Look at the back of the switch to see if they didn't simply jumper the wires going to the switch together. That would be the simplest way to defeat the switch.

From there, I'd put a meter across the the wires to see if the status changes when you actuate the switch. Could be the switch went bad and they jumped the switch as a fix

 

[MattFL]

The cut wires look suspicious. See if you can get your hands on a factory service manual with the schematics and try to figure out what those cut wires are for. That will probably answer a lot of questions. And possibly save the motor if they happen to be for something like an oil pressure sender or temperature sender.