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Yamaha Ignition Switch
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
My boat wiring got super complicated because I used Yamaha 10 pin, then cut into it for the Glendinning controls, then continued it up to the ign switch. Up at the switch, some 30 feet away, there was a little 6 pin connector that was interestingly unused..
Launch day comes, and I had checked t/t, but gambled on the crank.
Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr. For the life of me, could not get a signal on the brown wire. So, we traced the brown wire and it was not getting crank signal, but the key signal was hitting my 10 pin brown? Y not at the engine? 3 hours of debugging every damn thing, I got the brainiac idea to go and see what was happening on the 6 pin. The 6 pin connector was supposed to go on the Yamaha binnacle, and there were two brown wires on it. Light bulb moment, I ask help to run the key and we reaized the Yammy binnacle had a crank lockout so if the handles are forward, no crank. So 4 hours after launch, we jumpered those two wires on both 6 pins and had crank. Then we had to get gas into the lines and some jackass told me I did not need primer bulbs. Turns out you need them anytime you have a dry f/w separator, so that added another full hour. Talk about stressful.
Anyhow, I've had my share of fun, so had some idea you needed to convert, but not the detail like bamaguy0.
His post was a gem here.
Did I miss which wires are not on the 7 pin? Is it trim up and trim down? I think it is Y,DK G, W, but only a guess. So, what is lost? (Tach, Kill, Ign Power?)
Or do you have it all figured out?
Fun thread.
Launch day comes, and I had checked t/t, but gambled on the crank.
Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr. For the life of me, could not get a signal on the brown wire. So, we traced the brown wire and it was not getting crank signal, but the key signal was hitting my 10 pin brown? Y not at the engine? 3 hours of debugging every damn thing, I got the brainiac idea to go and see what was happening on the 6 pin. The 6 pin connector was supposed to go on the Yamaha binnacle, and there were two brown wires on it. Light bulb moment, I ask help to run the key and we reaized the Yammy binnacle had a crank lockout so if the handles are forward, no crank. So 4 hours after launch, we jumpered those two wires on both 6 pins and had crank. Then we had to get gas into the lines and some jackass told me I did not need primer bulbs. Turns out you need them anytime you have a dry f/w separator, so that added another full hour. Talk about stressful.
Anyhow, I've had my share of fun, so had some idea you needed to convert, but not the detail like bamaguy0.
His post was a gem here.
Did I miss which wires are not on the 7 pin? Is it trim up and trim down? I think it is Y,DK G, W, but only a guess. So, what is lost? (Tach, Kill, Ign Power?)
Or do you have it all figured out?
Fun thread.
Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
Not stressful at all. For such a smart guy, you'd think you would have done a super-secret "soft" opening before inviting the neighborhood to watch.fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:02 am Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr.
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
All the friggin wiring I did and I missed by one jumper!VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:58 amNot stressful at all. For such a smart guy, you'd think you would have done a super-secret "soft" opening before inviting the neighborhood to watch.fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:02 am Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr.
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As I read through your dilemma, I thought you were gonna say that after 4 hours of troubleshooting no crank, you found that the throttles were not in neutral!fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:56 amAll the friggin wiring I did and I missed by one jumper!VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:58 amNot stressful at all. For such a smart guy, you'd think you would have done a super-secret "soft" opening before inviting the neighborhood to watch.fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:02 am Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr.
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
Too cock sure. I remember so vividly thinking well it tilts, so probably got the rest right.VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:58 amNot stressful at all. For such a smart guy, you'd think you would have done a super-secret "soft" opening before inviting the neighborhood to watch.fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:02 am Well, we had no crank and 50 people waiting for the kittens to purr.
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
We’ve all been there. We’ll probably all do it again.
On the primer bulb front, I had an old car guy tell me any boat that doesn’t have a pump in the tank need a bulb at the key. Haven’t found a boat that proves him wrong yet.
On the primer bulb front, I had an old car guy tell me any boat that doesn’t have a pump in the tank need a bulb at the key. Haven’t found a boat that proves him wrong yet.
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
Since I am wiring my build now, I go back and check everything every time I connect something up. I am trying to use a on/off/on switch for my nav lights/anchor light and just had to put a diode in the circuit. Worked every time I tested it. Yesterday, I tested everything at in the dark so I could see the gauge lights, switch lights and so on. Everything worked the way it should. This morning the nav/anchor lights didn't work. Very frustrating to say the least.
I still have to connect the aftermarket tach up and I hope the tach wire coming down the harness works with this gauge because it is also my hour meter. Troubleshooting automotive engine controls was easier than all this making wiring harnesses, heat shrinking all connectors and making sure I am using the right size ring connectors. On my back and trying to tilt my head back enough to use my reader lens on my bifocals. My shoulders seem to be wider than the room I have and arms and hands do not bend enough. The fun!!
Just glad my motor came with the controls and is just plug and play.
I still have to connect the aftermarket tach up and I hope the tach wire coming down the harness works with this gauge because it is also my hour meter. Troubleshooting automotive engine controls was easier than all this making wiring harnesses, heat shrinking all connectors and making sure I am using the right size ring connectors. On my back and trying to tilt my head back enough to use my reader lens on my bifocals. My shoulders seem to be wider than the room I have and arms and hands do not bend enough. The fun!!
Just glad my motor came with the controls and is just plug and play.
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Re: Yamaha Ignition Switch
No it’s just a key switch. My kill switch is on the throttle assembly.
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