So let me start by saying, that I accepted a Pearson 30 sailboat for Sea Scouts with an A4. I had to replace the A4 after a corroded heat left me with a 1x2 inch opening for water to flow. I replaced the A4 and she runs like a top, well aligned, nice and solid transmission.
My issues:
1. The 12 volt system (nav lights, VHF radio, etc) only works when the engine is running.
2. The new engine came with an ignition that I have mounted down below giving me the convenience of being able to start and work on the engine without having to jump up into the cockpit, but that doesn't seem safe or convenient to not be able to start the engine from the helm. In other words the ignition (which I believe I was told was electric ignition) in the cockpit does not work now.
Again, I accepted this boat last October and have been learning all of it's idiosyncrasies, but the engine swap has me perplexed. It seems that the running A4 completes the circuit for the 12V system and the minute I shut the engine down, everything turns off. For additional points and it only confuses me more is that the new ignition has 3 positions (similar to a car) but it doesn't matter what position the key is in the 12 V does not come on.
When I swapped the engine, I was told I could not connect both ignitions and so I went with the ignition that came with the new engine. I am good at following directions and researching these kinds of things, but I am not sure that I am googling or searching for the right terms.
Any help or guidance or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
My issues:
1. The 12 volt system (nav lights, VHF radio, etc) only works when the engine is running.
2. The new engine came with an ignition that I have mounted down below giving me the convenience of being able to start and work on the engine without having to jump up into the cockpit, but that doesn't seem safe or convenient to not be able to start the engine from the helm. In other words the ignition (which I believe I was told was electric ignition) in the cockpit does not work now.
Again, I accepted this boat last October and have been learning all of it's idiosyncrasies, but the engine swap has me perplexed. It seems that the running A4 completes the circuit for the 12V system and the minute I shut the engine down, everything turns off. For additional points and it only confuses me more is that the new ignition has 3 positions (similar to a car) but it doesn't matter what position the key is in the 12 V does not come on.
When I swapped the engine, I was told I could not connect both ignitions and so I went with the ignition that came with the new engine. I am good at following directions and researching these kinds of things, but I am not sure that I am googling or searching for the right terms.
Any help or guidance or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
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