Mercury 60 FourStroke EFI Formula Race Manual page 97

OUTBOARD INSTALLATION
Dual Outboards
Connect a common ground cable (wire size same as engine
battery cables) between negative (–) terminals on starting
batteries.
b
a - Red sleeve ‑ Positive (+)
b - Black sleeve ‑ Negative
(–)
SHIFT CABLE INSTALLATION
Install the cables into the remote control following the instructions
provided with the remote control.
1. Locate the center point of the slack or lost motion that exists
in the shift cable as follows:
a. Move the remote control handle from neutral into forward
and advance the handle to full speed position. Slowly return
the handle back to neutral. Place a mark ("a") on the cable
next to the cable end guide.
b. Move the remote control handle from neutral into reverse
and advance the handle to full speed position. Slowly return
the handle back to neutral. Place a mark ("b") on the cable
next to the cable end guide.
a
c
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a
b
(-)
c - Ground cable
d - Cranking battery
d
d
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