Mercury 8 pin control box wiring diagram. Collection of wiring diagram for mercury outboard motor. The 77 control wire colors are orangeor salmon black red grey brown white yellow. I still have questions about the tach and kill switch wiring but i will follow the mercury wiring code. It shows the components of the circuit as streamlined shapes as well as the power and also signal connections between the devices.
You should be able to convert that 77 harness to the newer motor. Variety of mercury outboard ignition switch wiring diagram. Most models also have black white only. Then it quit and they had to be towed in.
8 pin plug pin usage. These codes apply to later model motors approximately early 80s to present. So i followed the wires that were connected to the tiller handle and discovered that they lead to an 8 pin jack. The ptt wires are seperate and are blue red green.
It reveals the parts of the circuit as streamlined forms and the power and signal links in between the tools. A wiring diagram is a streamlined traditional pictorial depiction of an electrical circuit. Mercury marine side mount remote control box part a15brand new for power trim models 15ft harness 8 pin connectornew design which includes soft grip power trim leads for front mount switchfor use with mercury outboards 40 hp and higher utilizing mercury style cablesthis is a generation 1 control box and requiresquicksilver remote control wiring diagram wiring librarymercury. Wiring color codes here is a listing of common color codes for mercury and mariner us made outboard motors.
Use laddies wiring colors to make an interconnection diaghram. Here we go again another older mercury motor with electrical issues. I did it myself. The linked images are printable but may print across more than 1 page in order to be legible.
Please note it does show to have trim and trailer on.