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2008 DF250
Yesterday the engine ran perfectly. Today I disconnected the positive battery cable to remove the power to my Garmin TR-1. My battery switch was off so there was no power supplied to the engine when I disconnected and reconnected the wires. After doing that I tried to get underway but I could not lower the engine into the water from the throttle control arm. I could using the switch on the side of the engine. When I turned the ignition key, nothing happened and there was no clicking sounds. The Hobbs meter at the helm is not getting power to it when I turn the key to the "On" position either.
I have visually checked the 60 amp and 30 amp fuses on the engine, and also checked them for continuity with an ohm meter. I checked the voltage at the main power terminals on the engine and have 11.86 volts.
I have been reading in my shop manual about a white sub battery wire that has a 15 amp fuse in it. From the diagram in the manual it appears to be in the white wire near the battery before the wire goes into the engine. I have only a heavy positive and heavy negative wire going into the engine. There is no white wire. A gray cable with multiple wires in it comes out of the engine with some going up to the throttle/ignition switch.
I will clean the battery terminal connections tomorrow just for the heck of it, but the way the engine tilts up and down and the voltage I have read, I don't think that will change anything.
Can any one suggest where I might find that 15 amp fuse so I may check it? Any other ideas of what I should be checking beyond that? I am on an island in Alaska without a dealer nearby, so I really need to do this myself if possible.
Yesterday the engine ran perfectly. Today I disconnected the positive battery cable to remove the power to my Garmin TR-1. My battery switch was off so there was no power supplied to the engine when I disconnected and reconnected the wires. After doing that I tried to get underway but I could not lower the engine into the water from the throttle control arm. I could using the switch on the side of the engine. When I turned the ignition key, nothing happened and there was no clicking sounds. The Hobbs meter at the helm is not getting power to it when I turn the key to the "On" position either.
I have visually checked the 60 amp and 30 amp fuses on the engine, and also checked them for continuity with an ohm meter. I checked the voltage at the main power terminals on the engine and have 11.86 volts.
I have been reading in my shop manual about a white sub battery wire that has a 15 amp fuse in it. From the diagram in the manual it appears to be in the white wire near the battery before the wire goes into the engine. I have only a heavy positive and heavy negative wire going into the engine. There is no white wire. A gray cable with multiple wires in it comes out of the engine with some going up to the throttle/ignition switch.
I will clean the battery terminal connections tomorrow just for the heck of it, but the way the engine tilts up and down and the voltage I have read, I don't think that will change anything.
Can any one suggest where I might find that 15 amp fuse so I may check it? Any other ideas of what I should be checking beyond that? I am on an island in Alaska without a dealer nearby, so I really need to do this myself if possible.
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