Re: evinrude controls question
this is not hard if you understand the motor
WIRING A LATE 50?S JOHNSON/EVINRUDE
The battery is only for the starter, unless you have a generator. These directions do not include the motors with generators.
You have to control 3 things. 1/ on-off 2/ electric choke 3/ activating starter.
1/ on- off - I used a simple toggle switch, spliced into the 2 kill wires going to the 2 coils, and ran a wire from each, one wire going to one side of the switch the other the other side. The idea is when this switch is closed, it grounds out the coils, and no spark.
2/ electric choke- I used a simple push button, picked up positive power off the start circuit. Ran 1 wire to the choke solenoid..
3? starter- you need a starter solenoid mounted on the transom, cable from battery to one side of the solenoid. Cable from other side to starter, main post. ground cable from motor to battery. One small terminal runs to ground on battery, the other to the push button on the dash. You also have to supply a positive wire to the push button from the battery, this does not have a neutral switch, if you want neutral switch. Your small ground from solenoid can run to neutral switch. Which will ground it back to battery.
Keep you wires color coded, and do not accidentally apply 12 volts to the kill wires, or your coils will be toast.
good luck. i will be out of touch, tomorrow thru the 19th. FR is a good one to help you also.
i plan to eat as many Florida Lobsters as i can, in the Keys.
