Re: [OMC-Boats] OMC HYDRO-ELECTRIC LOWER UNITS

yeah, all this switch mess would all be pretty easy easy to fix if
they didn't completely seal up the electrical contacts in a little
watertight bomb proof riveted encapsulated in rubber container.
Wish they had made the insides of the switch as robust as the outside!

by the way if anyone is interested, here are the guts of my original
plastic switch, which i had to drill and x-acto knife open. (the 5-
wire version) The broken piece I am trying to re-mold is the round
black one on the right which is actually broke in half but was glued
together when this was taken. The round metal disk attaches to the
bottom of the round plastic one and rotates back and forth inside
that springwith the switch arm inside that spring loaded housing to
make contact and close the wires

On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Scott Veazie wrote:

> The rain is certainly a damper today...didn't see it coming. I
> asked that seller if they sold the controls and they said they had,
> but I saw it ended with no bids? Strange...
>
> I think you might have the later style controls, and I bet with some
> creative thinking and rewiring you could make it work.
>
>
>
> > From: jdood@...
> > To: omc-boats@...
> > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:54:54 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] OMC HYDRO-ELECTRIC LOWER UNITS
> >
> > >
> > > With Hydro Electric Shift units,
> > >
> > > In neutral, your remote controller supplies 12v to the "Green"
> wire.
> > > In reverse, your remote controller supplies 12v to both wires, the
> > > "Green" one and the "Blue" one.
> > > In forward, the remote controller supplies no voltage to either
> > > wire. (And the spring-loaded shifter dog forces the unit into
> > > forward gear.)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > With no voltage applied, the unit should be in "locked-in"
> forward.
> > > No need for a ground jumper... the lower unit's already grounded.
> > >
> > > Lee
> >
> >
> >
> > WOW! this might explain why my switch is doing nothing in forward -
> > it's actually operating correctly! Time for another test - and
> > maybe I can ditch my silly "get me by for now" rigged switch.
> > Raining today to I guess I gotta try the prop turning test. I
> > didn't even bother connecting the old switch back up, just assumed
> if
> > it wasn't lighting up in forward it was a dead. This is
> > encouraging. Although I'm actually half way done with my attempt
> > at molding a new plastic piece - haha! Mainly an experiment
> > really, but if all goes right I might end up with a spare switch,
> and
> > an option for replacing future breaking plastic parts. We'll see.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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