There might be a circuit breaker involved. You'll have to back track the
wire until you find power.

"dford" wrote in message
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Hello,

Newbie with a used boat....

I have no power at the ignition switch. When I jump power to the
switch, everything works great. I took the Quicksilver controls out
last night thinking it might have something to do with the nuetral
safety switch but it appears fine (best I could tell) I will check it
again tonight.

The controls are Quicksilver with the only number I could find stamped
in the backing plate #1107. The outboard motor is a 1987 XR2 Black Max
Mercury. The motor runs fine. Like I said, if I jump the switch it
starts right up.

Help, help. I would love to take the kids out at least once this year
in the boat.

I appreciate your time.

Dan