701 start stop switch

[adet16v]

Long story short... I was pulling my new steering cable through my handpole and i caught the start stop wiring and now when i have everything back together i hit the start button and nothing... im trying to check to see if i ripped one of the wires.

Are the two brown wires the ones that run to the solenoid?

I am measuring the resistance between these two wires.

The resistance should be infinite normally and then should go to zero when the start button is depressed in the switch (with a lanyard in as well) connecting the two.

I just want to make sure im measuring resistance between the correct wires.

thanks.

 

[Matt_E]

Errr...the white & black wire pair is responsible for the kill switch/stop switch. That should narrow it down.

 

[adet16v]

Errr...the white & black wire pair is responsible for the kill switch/stop switch. That should narrow it down.

so that would only leave the two brown ones then... guess they would have to be the start switch ones.

can anyone confirm?

 

[keefer]

Actually the RED / BROWN wires are for the start switch. This pair is also part of the lanyard dual action switch which will break the red / brown circuit if the lanyard is not on. Check these wires for continuity with your meter. Depressed should make the switch and show close to 0 ohms. The white / black is the stop and lanyard switch. Either stop depressed or lanyard off should make these wires show close to 0 ohms.

 

[adet16v]

Actually the RED / BROWN wires are for the start switch. This pair is also part of the lanyard dual action switch which will break the red / brown circuit if the lanyard is not on. Check these wires for continuity with your meter. Depressed should make the switch and show close to 0 ohms. The white / black is the stop and lanyard switch. Either stop depressed or lanyard off should make these wires show close to 0 ohms.

i did notice that my red wire is spliced in with more brown... not sure why but those are the correct wires. thanks for the help

 

[h2odesperado]

This helped me diagnose my lanyard switch problems. Well, it was actually the connector that was bad, but these tests helped me figure that out. Anyone got one of those itsy rubber gaskets that goes inside the male connector for the start stop switch wires?

and I've totally forgotten where this came from.


Kill/Start switch test (Yamaha): Unplug the connecter with the brown and red wire. Insert the engine stop lanyard. Use a paper clip or the tip of needle nose to short out pins on the female side of the connecter. If the engine turns you have a bad switch or corrosion at the connecter. If you suspect that the switch does not sense that the engine stop lanyard is in place, disconnect the black and white wire connection and activate the start button (reconnect red/brown first) if the engine turns than the switch assembly may be bad.

 

[adet16v]

i found my problem and fixed it, getting ready to head to the river now...

there was a dead spot in the red wire somewhere, no visible tears but nothing would pass through it, put a new wire in and good to go.