I looked it over and I think that you could cut the four wires comming out of the box and run them into a 4 pin weatherpac connector. Then if the box went south you could unplug that connector, plug in a jumpered connector to hook it up in a no box cofiguration and be on your way. I know it seems like a lot of work and why even mess with the box on a lake boat but I want it because I think it would help keep the motor from loading up for extended periods of ideling.
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