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Aquasport Mechanicals - things that need a wrench, screwdriver or multimeter => Engines & engine woes => Topic started by: Aswaff400 on June 21, 2010, 02:31:02 PM

Title: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on June 21, 2010, 02:31:02 PM

anyone have a wiring diagram/color codes for 1996-current V-4 john'rude? 1996 112 SPL to be exact... seems theres a few wires that aint the same between 1990 and '96

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on June 21, 2010, 04:23:57 PM

Aswaff,
Go here...http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/wireColorCode.html

As much as I and Jim Hebert on CW don't get along sometimes, the guy does know his :*:... :shock:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on June 21, 2010, 04:47:21 PM

thanks bob!  :cheers:

i still seem to have a few wires left over? everything is working though :scratch:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on June 21, 2010, 05:36:19 PM

What are the colors of "what's left over"?

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on June 21, 2010, 05:46:16 PM

im assuming they are alarms,

tan/orange
tan/yellow
tan/black

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on June 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM

Aswaff,
Here's a pic of an OMC alarm I have...
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/Proline%20website%20pics/Hardware/Temp003.jpg)
purple and a tan w/blue stripe...

I gotta guess those are alarm wires, like you said.  Do you have a "System Check" tach or gauge?

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on June 21, 2010, 07:23:53 PM

i pulled the gauge panel, all the tan and tan with stripe wires lead to the alarm, and disappear in that black vinyl tube. its a 3 wire alarm, black, purple, and tan...

no system check gauge? oh well... i got spark, it cranks trim works electric choke works, its all i need lol :bounce:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on June 21, 2010, 07:38:06 PM

Aswaff,
You got it, bud! :cheers:  :cheers:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: wingtime on June 23, 2010, 12:53:36 AM

here is a link to another source for the color code:

http://www.maxrules.com/fixOMCCwiringcodes.html (http://www.maxrules.com/fixOMCCwiringcodes.html)

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on July 06, 2010, 10:10:34 AM

so i finally have a day off where its not raining, fired the motor up, as i would suspect, the kill switch(key off) is not grounding out... here come the headaches :?

otherwise the motor runs great! :cheers:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on July 06, 2010, 10:55:32 AM

So when you pull the lanyard, you're not getting continuity across the 2 terminals...

Hell, you oughta have a bunch of kill switches laying around the shop, easy R & R... :thumleft:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: Aswaff400 on July 06, 2010, 04:00:25 PM

its the key/kill switch combo, when i turn the key off its not grounding the coils...

put the boat in the water, holy crap! it got up to 40 mph in a heartbeat! :shock: too choppy to go any faster than 35 without beating the boat to hell, only got it up to 40mph (less than 3/4 throttle).... pulled up to the dock at my work to top off the tank with some fresh gas, went to pull away, nothing, shift cable broke  :ncool:

Title: Re: wiring harness headaches
Post by: seabob4 on July 06, 2010, 04:23:49 PM

You've got a break in the ground wire somewhere in that engine harness... :evil: Do a continuity check between the coil ground wire on the motor and the key switch.  Maybe it's just the key switch, which feeds the kill switch.

Sorry about the cable... :x