kill wires/seeing voltage!? 1990 force 120hp

puffitu

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Ha you’re reading my mind. I’m having a heck of a time tracing wires but little by little; brick by brick. Here’s what’s connected to back of the ign switch
 

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Jiggz

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From your illustration, there seems to be a ground wire (blk or blu) missing from one of the M terminal (where the blue wires from the lanyard and funky switch are connected.

Since the funky switch has a blue wire and the other wire connects to ground, this means the motor will only stop with the funky switch and not with the lanyard or with the ignition switch. Why the previous owner decided to do this is anybody's guess.

A remedy is to add another blue or black wire to the said M terminal and then connect it to ground. This will allow the lanyard and ignition switch to turn off the motor, as long as the funky switch is in open or off position. If you want to keep the funky switch, I recommend replace it with a spring loaded switch that always turns off when released.
 

Nordin

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Jiggz maybe the grounding for one of the M terminals is at the terminal strip at the engine.

There usually is a metal bridge at the strip from one of the strip mounting screw to one or two terminals.
Maybe either the white or blue in the harness is connected to one of this briged terminals.

Check at the terminal strip.

BTW I see that the yellow and light green wires are switched. Does not matter anyway if they are switched at the strip, but better to follow the code. My opinion.

The coulor code says.
Yellow - start
Green - choke
 
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puffitu

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Thanks guys
ill have to wait out the rains here before I can go any further -I’ll be back
enjoy the weekend
 

puffitu

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Hey guys. Got a chance to take her out today after the coil and powerpack change. I got the power back, runs excellent in neutral and wide-open throttle.but as soon as I put it into forward gear, just barely under load, it sputters. It doesn’t stall. I can bypass the sputter but just barely, by advancing the throttle a little bit. I’m thinking it’s the bottom carb needle or float adjustment. I’ve done the link sink. I’ve got a video of the issue but the site won’t let me upload it for some reason
 

Jiggz

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Make sure you set the idle setting correctly. In the water, idle in gear, moving forward (not tied up) 750-800 RPM. Usually, this converts to around 1100-1200 RPM in neutral on the driveway or on muffs.

If problem persists, increase fuel-air mixture screw to 1 1/4~ 1 1/2 turns out from seated.
 
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