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Title: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: Redfish Ron on April 01, 2014, 07:43:56 PM
I need a new main ignition switch (three position push to choke) for my Yamaha 1998 2 stroke 75 hp- Great Lakes Skipper has a 4 Winns panel with a Yamaha outboard ignition switch with key and push to choke and harness for $113.00- question- is this a drop in replacement that will work on my engine? My engine has a side shift control with harness and key, but the push to choke feature doesn't work- are these year model specific switches are will they work with a number of Yamaha outboard engines?
Title: Re: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: seabob4 on April 01, 2014, 08:05:50 PM
Yes Ron, it will work.  Yamaha ign switches stayed virtually unchanged for years and years.  Early ign switches had the choke in a separate push button switch, but since, like mid 90s, the push to choke has been in the key switch itself...
Title: Re: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: Redfish Ron on April 01, 2014, 09:04:55 PM
Yeah team! Just pulled the trigger on it...And the old RPM factory gage in the dash...probably should get a replacement...suggestions?
Title: Re: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: seabob4 on April 01, 2014, 09:29:23 PM
You want the digital display Yam tach, Ron?  A bit pricey...
Title: Re: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: Redfish Ron on April 02, 2014, 08:50:09 PM
Wow! seems a bit much...but it is a multi-function display and dsplays things that my motor doesn't have like oil level- mine is stricly a pre-mix 50-1...maybe the standard factory tach still works- all i really need is the RPM function to work so I can tell if I have the right prop to allow the engine to rev up to the correct RPM at wot...my motor came off a fresh water bass boat that the owner wanted to go much faster than the 75 hp Yamaha factory motor that came with the boat...15 pitch three bladed stainless prop- I wonder what that setup is going to do on my 170? Hopefully it will rev to the correct rpm...
Title: Re: Yamaha ignition switch help
Post by: seabob4 on April 02, 2014, 09:14:45 PM
Ron, tach sender on Yams is the green wire, so hook up green to S, yellow to I, and black to ground, you should be good to go...
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