On Sep 30, 12:46 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:16:58 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"

wrote:
#2AWG will do the job correctly.

It will do the job but it's way overkill on a 25 hp motor.

Just a followup. I ended up with 8 guage jumper wires, reworked as
noted above. Most times I am still starting with the rope cold anyway.
I tried a set of 2 guage jumper cables with a brandy new interstate
"Marine Starting" battery from Sears and it did exactly the same thing
as with the smaller, although marine too, battery and the 8 guage
cables so I took the big battery back after doing a load test on the
smaller one just to be sure. Still going to need to remove and rebuild
the starter this winter, only problem is when as we boat pretty much
all season as long as there is not too much ice on the river