I have a 1971 Mercury 200 20 HP with electric start. When I looked at the boat and motor last week and were running it with ear muffs you could turn the key to off and the motor would die.
2 days later when it was taken to the lake for atest drive then only way to kill it is to idle it way down. The previous owner would unplug the electric cord when not using the motor, why I can't day I think because that is the way his dad did it, before I start tearing the switch out to see if there is an issue with the switch is it possible that the plug isn't all the way in? Seems to me it didn't go in to far. Haven't had chance to test this out so I thought I would ask here.
If it's not the plug is there anything else ovious that I should be looking at before running the wires down for issues?
2 days later when it was taken to the lake for atest drive then only way to kill it is to idle it way down. The previous owner would unplug the electric cord when not using the motor, why I can't day I think because that is the way his dad did it, before I start tearing the switch out to see if there is an issue with the switch is it possible that the plug isn't all the way in? Seems to me it didn't go in to far. Haven't had chance to test this out so I thought I would ask here.
If it's not the plug is there anything else ovious that I should be looking at before running the wires down for issues?