Yamaha ignition switch help

[Redfish Ron]

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?

[seabob4]

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...

[Redfish Ron]

Yeah team! Just pulled the trigger on it...And the old RPM factory gage in the dash...probably should get a replacement...suggestions?

[seabob4]

You want the digital display Yam tach, Ron?  A bit pricey...

[Redfish Ron]

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...

[seabob4]

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...