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I recently bought a 2001 yr model 60 Yamaha 2 stroke that was on another boat when I bought it. Test drive was great, everything checked out, helped seller take motor off boat and into my truck for a 2hr ride home. Installed on a 15 high tide, thought I had everything right, turned key and nothing happened. Got out the multi meter and checked solenoid, getting 12v. noticed a small red wire on seller's positive battery cable when taking motor off his boat. he kept battery cables, i built new ones without small red wire. Could this be my problem? Thanks for any help.
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I would think the power to start and run the motor should be on the motor itself unless someone modified it.
need to find the place the key gets its 12 V + from and see if it is there -
That smaller wire has a fuse with it also, would it possibly run the remote control box?Comment
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Without knowing the model of the motor how are we to know if it is to be operated with a tiller handle key switch or a remote control box key switch? Or where the red wire goes and what it is to do?Comment
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Boscoe, its a remote steer. Don't have the model number with me right now, but when I look up the Yamaha oem battery cables via google, they all have that small red wire with the positive battery cable. Just need to know what it's function is.Comment
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