force 125 set up

hadaveha

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I had a 1997 force 120, I am replacing it with a 1987 force 125, the 1997 had the mercury style electrical plug, but my 1987 doesn't can anyone help with cross reference the wire colors to remove the plug and hard wire the 1997 controls to the 1987 motor
 

jerryjerry05

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The 97 is Mercury.
​The shifter won't fit.
The wiring harness should be close to the same, just different connectors.
They standardized the color code and it should be close.
Things like temp and choke etc should cross.
The 87 used a different key switch and the hook up will be different.

For some reason I can't post pics on this site anymore.(windows10)
I had in my pics a wiring diagram for the key switch and can't post it??(windows 10 sucks)
 

gregmsr

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I'm back.....that time again :eyebrows:. Time to wake her up.....
I just bought new laptop w Window 7, it keeps wanting me to upgrade to 10

No way.....
 

hadaveha

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ok guys this is what I'm dealing with I switched the shift and throttle cables out no problem but, the wiring the 1987 had places for
start/yellow
tach/purple
magneto/ white
choke/green
temp/orange
battery/red
magneto/blue
ground/black. on the 1997 I have a black/yellow, grey, tan, tan/ black, yellow/red, red, purple, black, white/purple, white/blue, white/green, brown/ white

any ideas
 

KScott78

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See attachment, hope this helps.
 

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hadaveha

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thankyou Kscott any chance u have this the other way around with the 97 I'm trying to convert the wires from the 1997 dash to the 1987 motor
 

KScott78

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Sure, try this one. (attached)
 

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