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The ground wire goes directly to the battery wherever the battery is located.
Only the positive wire would go through a switch wherever the switch is located and then from the switch to the battery.
Quite right, Joe, I'd need some type of safe-at-high-amps) connection for the negative lead. I was thinking of just soldering the old and new negative cables together, covered with heavy, battery-cable specific, adhesive-lined shrinkwrap. Or possibly a post connection, like this one: http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?p...id=1324666
It's likely one of those task I'll never get around to, of course.
Tom Clark,
tom, I took your advise and moved the mounting of my new 70 yama 4 stroke in the lowest of four holes raising the motor up approx 1 1/2 inches on my 1988 17 Montauk.
WOW what a difference. It had been mounted one hole up, now it's three holes up. Steering easier, jumps up on plane quick, no apparent cavitation so far. Only had it out for an hour. weather poor. Thanks for the advice.
