Re: Johnson HydroElectric Shift Switch
Hey AJP, how different are the 72's to the 70's?? if they are not that different, I'm interested in getting a manual. (frankieh@vianet.net.au)<br /><br />Onto the subject at hand.<br />The switch we are talking about goes in the control box, it sits under the throttle lever and is moved forward and backward with the lever. This means that when you pull the lever into reverse, the switch moves to reverse and turns on both soleniods.. or it turns on one for neutral and both off for forward.. <br /><br />I replaced my switch with a aftermarket power window switch, which I put there the original was,, then I drilled a hole in the bottom of the lever and put a screw in there to flick the switch.. worked a treat and is a **** site stronger then the old one..<br /><br />I have a 72 100HP (see my name for the model.) and I recently pulled both my soleniods out,, found out that in my case, the soleniods were fine, it was the wire under the coverplate to the soleniods that was bad... before you stress about needing new soleniods, pull yours out, and hook earth to their bodys and positive to the wires coming from them, (one green and one blue) if they suddenly become very magnetic, they are working fine.<br /><br />I replaced my wiring from the powerhead right down the the soleniods, flushed my gearcase with 2 stroke mix to unclog the oil pump in the leg and it worked, I have forward, neutral and reverse again.. fantastic as I didn't have to strip the leg.<br /><br /><br />rgds<br /><br />Frank
