EXPERTS! JUST BOUGHT GRADY AND NEED HELP WITH YAMAHA F200TXR

[A320pilot]

Just bought a 2006 222 from a bank it was a repo. Boat is clean had the download and it only had 52 hours on it. Fresh service was included

Ran great for about 5 hours and except for a detail the boat is in really good condition and everything works. Installed a Garmin 4208 the other day.. Overall very very happy especially considering the great price and included trailer.

running at 4200 rpm and it seemed to cut in and out a few times almost as if it was not getting fuel. Got to marina and went to start and it was dead no tilt, trim, turn key and it cranked for about 1/2 second and that was it. Batteries were good put booster on it nothing.

Checked all fuses on side of motor which were fine and pulled out key ignition switch assembly and reseated large plug and boom fired right up. Raced home and figured it was just a bad connection.

Went out next day with kids and brought along some contact cleaner to hit all connections just to make sure. Turned on batteries and hit tilt switch motor came down and then nothing completely dead and multi function gauges are real dim.

Pulled batteries to get them tested and cleaned contacts etc.. Batteries tested fine but bought new ones anyways . Initially both gauges were just dim when turning on key and would go blank when going to start position.

Took one good battery and put in in by itself to check each side independent battery cables. Hooked it up to switch 1 and then swapped now right gauge with trim is fully displayed and one on left is either completely dim or just blank. If I turn switch both go blank.

I did try to trouble shoot the ignition switch and plugged in a brand new switch assembly today and that didnt change anything.

Even though gauge is barely readable when i press the button to read volts on the gauge it shows 7.5??? but is so dim i can barely read it.

It is at the boathouse and I am upset because the mechanic cannot touch it for at least a week. Please experts you recommend it I will give it a shot.

Love the boat but would love it more if I wasnt waxing it continuously for the last two days

Thanks in advance

Brian :cry: :cry:

 

[seasick]

The main quaestion is: Are the new batteries now discharged or is there a cable issue somewhere.
If you measure 7.7 v on the meter, measure at the batery terminals with the same equipment turned on. If 7.5 the battery is run down,
If 12.5 or so there is bad cable connection somewhere or the master battery switch is bad. The only way to find the problem is to measure the voltage at the battery and then move along the wiring until you see the voltage drop. It could be in a hot lead or in a ground connection.

If you can reach the float for the bilge pump, try activating it and see if the bilge pump runs. Since the bilge pump bypasses the battery switch and a lot of the wiring, it might help determine if the problem is battery or elsewhere.
I hopw this was a repo and not a salvage boat.....

 

[VeroWing]

Check ground and hot connections on outboard. Even if they are tight, remove, clean surface, and reinstall. Check connections on battery switch also. Sounds like a simple bad connection somewhere.

 

[JUST-IN-TIME]

battery connections or cannon plug on motors are corroded

 

[moklodge]

Have seen many times. Tighten the positive and the ground connections on the motor itself. When you remove the cowling, these two connections are on the right hand side of the motor and are easy to spot. They are color coded and quite large.