I just installed a starter in my 98 bayliner (4.3 mercruiser)

I think I may have reveresed the two small wires. I was upside down and
backwards when I took it out.

Facing the terminals and going clockwise...
12:00 - Battery positive
3:00- Yellow w/red tracer
6:00 Negative
9:00 Black/yellow


I think I have it right but wanted to confirm.

Did this end up being correct? I'm putting the starter back in my
boat and realized the notes I had are gone now, just want to be sure.

On Aug 25, 9:29 am, "Tconn756" wrote:
I just installed astarterin my 98 bayliner (4.3mercruiser)

I think I may have reveresed the two small wires. I was upside down and
backwards when I took it out.

Facing the terminals and going clockwise...
12:00 - Battery positive
3:00- Yellow w/red tracer
6:00 Negative
9:00 Black/yellow

I think I have it right but wanted to confirm.

On Sep 2, 12:15 pm, wrote:
Did this end up being correct? I'm putting the starter back in my
boat and realized the notes I had are gone now, just want to be sure.

On Aug 25, 9:29 am, "Tconn756" wrote:



I just installed astarterin my 98 bayliner (4.3mercruiser)

I think I may have reveresed the two small wires. I was upside down and
backwards when I took it out.

Facing the terminals and going clockwise...
12:00 - Battery positive
3:00- Yellow w/red tracer
6:00 Negative
9:00 Black/yellow

I think I have it right but wanted to confirm.- Hide quoted text -

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It's kind of hard to mess them up. I'm not sure about the wire color
coding, but if it's hooked up right it will crank, if not it will be
dead. no click, no nothing. if anything else with a test light you
should have power to the exciter wire when the key is in full crank
position, and it should be located on the "S" terminal on the starter
selonoid. The other small wire goes to a resistor bypass to the coil,
that is if the engine is points ignition and not HEI.

Even if you ahve it wooked up wrong, nothing is oging to blow up. The
starter just wont operate.

Even if you ahve it wooked up wrong, nothing is oging to blow up. The
starter just wont operate.- Hide quoted text -



"Even if you ahve it wooked up wrong, nothing is oging to blow up"

Man, my typing is at a premium tonight!

"Even if you have it hooked up wrong, nothing is going to blow up"

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:25:21 -0000, Tim wrote:



Even if you ahve it wooked up wrong, nothing is oging to blow up. The
starter just wont operate.- Hide quoted text -



"Even if you ahve it wooked up wrong, nothing is oging to blow up"

Man, my typing is at a premium tonight!

"Even if you have it hooked up wrong, nothing is going to blow up"

It's not you. It's your fingers. Sometimes they get bored with their
position in life. So, the left pinky wants to play right ring finger for a
while, and the right middle finger wants to be the left index finger, and
so on.

You have no control over their desires.
--
John H

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate it. I wasn't sure if having it
backwards would cause some sort of blowout elsewhere down the
electrical line. Thanks again!