Whew! I'm trying to follow you Ferm :-)
Okay, in the pictures above, all the pics that show the red plug are pics of the way things are currently wired in the Wellcraft. When I got my 96 J/E it came with a harness that had a red plug at the engine end and I think it just had individual wires coming out of the harness at the control end, but I think it also had the tilt/trim wire connection and the system check connection alongside it.
It also came with the control that it's currently hooked up to. That control came with a red plug at the end of it (the control box harness is only a couple feet long). So, when it came time to hook things up I had individual wires from the engine harness that needed to be connected to the wires in the red plug from the control box. So, I looked around and I found a red plug on my old 85 Evinrude harness. I cut it off and spliced it to the individual wires (the colors matched up on both) and then presto! I had a red plug end to join to the red plug from the control. Oh yeah, the control also has the ignition with it whereas the ignition is separate on the Hydra. I hope that clarifies things a little...
So, let me see if I really have followed you Ferm. Are you saying that the harness I received with my 96 motor was an older harness since it had a red plug on one end?
Okay, I had to look up what Deutch connectors are and now I know :-)
Yes, I have a number of these connectors down by the engine side and also on the system check gauge.
The Hydra is hooked up the way you described. Red plug at motor end and wires connected directly to the switch at the control box.
