Motor will not start (pics)

[bassarama]

Put in a few hours on the motor this afternoon and started chasing the cables as you guys suggested, everything I could lay my eyes on looked very solid…I had one more area to check and that was inside the rubber boot where the cables, gas hose, etc etc, come in the motor, I spotted an area wrapped with electrical tape and even before I uncovered it, I had that gut feeling I had found the problematic area, this was what I found upon removing the elect. tape:




Apparently the ground cable had been taped well before I bought the boat, I fail to understand how some boater or even a pro, could come up with a repair like that, again I’m glad it happened here at home and not battling the Race rips.

Guys, you’re the best, thanks for your help.

Joe