wiring harness headaches

[Aswaff400]

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

[seabob4]

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 ...

[Aswaff400]

thanks bob!  

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

[seabob4]

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

[Aswaff400]

im assuming they are alarms,

tan/orange
tan/yellow
tan/black

[seabob4]

Aswaff,
Here's a pic of an OMC alarm I have...

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?

[Aswaff400]

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:

[seabob4]

Aswaff,
You got it, bud!  

[wingtime]

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

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

[Aswaff400]

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!

[seabob4]

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...

[Aswaff400]

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! 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:

[seabob4]

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