For now I plan to completely bypass the ESA system and wire it exactly as a mercruiser. This means that I will connect a +wire to the shift interrupter while the black wire coming from the distributor will be connected on the other side and when shifting ,this will send power to the distributor. This will shut of the ignition for a split second and that will enable me to shift into neutral. This is how the system is set up on all the mercruisers. This way , the ESA and the overstroke switch are out of the loop. Another way to work with the ESA is by removing the current one and replacing it with a different type of ESA which is available from CDI.
