Suzuki 4-stroke 140 hp burnt wiring harness help

[Mako19]

Originally Posted by mallard

The rusted spot on the engine is the problem. Pretty common issue in the early Suzuki 4 strike. The bolt rusts out over time. Then starts allowing exhaust into the cowling. Eventually melts the wiring harness. Need to get a welder to patch the hole then fix harness. I used south side welding.
Or you can replace the entire engine holder but it's pretty expensive.

Thanks for the reply Mallard!

You are right, I read your post and now we can see that there is a hole in the engine holder.

When this happened to your motor did anything else get fried or did just patching the hole and fixing the wires get the motor running again?