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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:20 pm 
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I HAVE 170 HORIZON 1996 112HP EVIRUDE
MY BOAT DIDN'T START AND I CALL THE MECHANIC ,THE FIRST THING HE SAY THE PROBLEM IS THE IGNITION AND HE CHANGED THE IGNITION BUT THE MOTOR DIDN'T START AFTER THAT HE TAKE OFF THE STARTER (FROM MOTOR) TO TAKE LOOK AND PUT BACK BECAUSE THE STARTER BECAUSE THE STARTER WORK PERFECTLY FINALLY HE FOUND THE PROBLEM THE BATTERY CONNECTOR IS BAD BUT AFTER THE MOTOR START EVERYTHING GOOD I PAY HIM AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO TURN OFF THE MOTOR I FIGURE OUT MY PANEL (GAUGES NOT WORK) I CALL HIM BUT HE SAY I WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE $150 FOR THAT( RIDICULOUS!!! ) ..... SOMEBODY CAN HELP I LOOK ALL THE CABLES UNDER THE PANEL AND EVERYTHING IS CONNECT, SOMEBODY KNOW IF HAVE SOME CABLE ON MOTOR CLOSE TO STARTER ... MAYBE HE DISCONNECT SOMETHING WHEN HE TAKE OFF THE STARTER OR THE PROBLEM IS THE NEW IGNITION..... SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME?


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:12 am 
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H170HORIZON wrote:
I HAVE 170 HORIZON 1996 112HP EVIRUDE
MY BOAT DIDN'T START AND I CALL THE MECHANIC ,THE FIRST THING HE SAY THE PROBLEM IS THE IGNITION AND HE CHANGED THE IGNITION BUT THE MOTOR DIDN'T START AFTER THAT HE TAKE OFF THE STARTER (FROM MOTOR) TO TAKE LOOK AND PUT BACK BECAUSE THE STARTER BECAUSE THE STARTER WORK PERFECTLY FINALLY HE FOUND THE PROBLEM THE BATTERY CONNECTOR IS BAD BUT AFTER THE MOTOR START EVERYTHING GOOD I PAY HIM AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO TURN OFF THE MOTOR I FIGURE OUT MY PANEL (GAUGES NOT WORK) I CALL HIM BUT HE SAY I WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE $150 FOR THAT( RIDICULOUS!!! ) ..... SOMEBODY CAN HELP I LOOK ALL THE CABLES UNDER THE PANEL AND EVERYTHING IS CONNECT, SOMEBODY KNOW IF HAVE SOME CABLE ON MOTOR CLOSE TO STARTER ... MAYBE HE DISCONNECT SOMETHING WHEN HE TAKE OFF THE STARTER OR THE PROBLEM IS THE NEW IGNITION..... SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME?


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:56 pm 
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WHERE CAN I FIND THIS WIRE ?(ON THE IGNITION OR IN THE MOTOR CLOSE THE STARTER) THANK YOU SO MUCH


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:31 pm 
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What "DUH" means is that, if you pull you'er gauge panel out. You will see gound wires, you can run a 2nd wire from a known good ground to the panel to test it. I would check every thing that this guy came close to. Fuses, connectors, anything!!!


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:05 pm 
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I forgot to say the guy put 2 position ignition and the original is 3 position something wrong with that because i dont have anymore auto test(beep) from my panel , Sunday or monday i will check my ground wire and double check all connectors.


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