Neutral Switch Test

5 HP Outboard • Troubleshooting & Repair Manual Section 2 • Troubleshooting

7. Insert clip to safety/engine stop switch (Figure 13) and retest the switch for continuity. There should be no continuity. Use steps 6 and 7 to verify a working safety/engine stop switch and wires.

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NOTE: Leave the test probe connected to the armature ground wire connector (step 5) for the following steps.

8. Test the black wire (Figure 15) 6 for continuity at 5 the connector to the engine speed limiter.

Figure 15 — Continuity Test Figure 16 — Neutral Switch Test

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There should be continuity.

7 9. Test the white wire for continuity at the connector to the engine speed limiter. There should be no continuity. 10. Depress the safety/engine stop switch. There should be continuity only when the switch is depressed. If there is still no spark replace the engine speed limiter.

1. Disconnect the wiring harness connector (Figure 16) 5 from the engine speed limiter.

2. Place the shift lever to NEUTRAL. Test for continuity 8 between the wiring harness connector and the engine ground. 3. Repeat the test with the shift lever in the FORWARD and REVERSE positions. There should be continuity with the shift lever NEUTRAL, and no continuity in the FORWARD and REVERSE positions. 4. Remove the power head (See Section 3). 5. Make sure the wire to the switch was not pinched or damaged. 6. Make sure the actuating pin of the shift lever actuates the switch in the NEUTRAL position, and does not actuate the switch when shifted to FORWARD or

REVERSE. 7. Check for continuity from the actuating pin on the shift lever (Figure 17) 9 to the wire harness connector. There should be continuity with the shift lever in NEUTRAL only.