neutral safety start switch

[givetoget]

i recently bought a mirrocraft boat with a 1996 0r 97 mrec 40hp four cyl. the fella i bought it from cut the wires for the safety switch and dont remember how they were. so now it will start in gear. well i cant find a wire diagram for it, also went to marina and they looked at it and other things. the young man said put this wire here and that wire there. it was not right. Anyone with a diagram or any other help. the switch has three leads. to get it to sart i have one lead from swich to motor base. (ground?)

Thanks

[marine_man]

Is this a tiller or a console (Steering wheel) type of boat?

If it's a console boat; what type of control box do you have?

One like this:

Or like this:

marine_man

[givetoget]

I have to apologize, that is an important part of info. It is a tiller stear.

Thanks

[marine_man]

What color are the wires you have coming out of the switch, and to the switch?

marine_man

[delcecchi]

I have a wiring diagram but can't figure out how to get from pdf to something I can post. For the tiller, the microswitch that is neutral safety is a pair of black wires from the switch. One goes to ground and one goes to what I think is the starter solenoid.

[givetoget]

OK, back at this. Been going rounds with health issues. My son has been on keeping me up to speed but he is a little young for wiring yet. But anyway enough of my problems.

Marin man there was only one black wire that went to the motor base. (ground I think?)

delcecchi thanks for the diagram, that will help.

Thanks very much guys, I do appreciate it and will try fixing it this weekend. Will let you know if it works.

[delcecchi]

There were several wiring diagrams, for different stators (red, black, etc) for this motor. I didn't notice any difference (didn't look that hard) so picked one more or less at random. If you need a different one let me know.

[givetoget]

del, That was the one I needed. It worked, now I just have to fine tune the adjustment of switch position.

Thanks again.