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This is a 1973 Johnson Outboard 115

On 25 May 2004 05:04:40 -0700, (basskisser) wrote:

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Assuming Red is Hot.. Is Blue and Green ground? I tried this with just
terminals and could only get the trim down. Does it have to go through
the celonoid?

Thanks!

Need more info. Year, HP?
Anyway, mine has to go through the selenoid, but it's old 1974

Okay!! Red is hot, the other two are up ground, and down ground. Mine
has a selenoid for up, not for down. It works fine. My pump motor kept
cutting out, I took it apart and there is a set of points to prevent
overheating. The points opened way before it ever even got warm, so I
took them out of the equation. It's been working fine since.