Well, it was a lovely day on Buzzard Bay Saturday, as I motored from Onset Harbor to Mattapoisett for my haul. After hanging on a mooring while I finished up stripping sails,etc. so the mast could be hauled, I pressed the starter and there was nothing! Knowing I had plenty of juice in the batteries, I suspected the starter button, so I pulled the panel, and found everything to be fine. Going below, I discovered that the wire exiting the fuse holder at the end away from the starter had corroded off. I stripped some bare wire, cut the fuse holder off and did the same at that end, attached my trusty "jumper wire" I keep in my tool box, and she fired right up.
Now the question is.... what size wire should be used for this when I reinstall the fuse holder? The schematic in the engine manual says a "#6" but the wire that was there with the fuse holder looks to be no more than 14 Ga. I picked up an in-line fuse holder at an automotive store with 12 ga wires and it certainly looks more substantial than what was on the engine.
Slow Dance is an '87 with an M25XP.
your thoughts and empirical wisdom would be much appreciated!