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Forum: Engines 08-29-2013, 12:27 AM
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Posted By HairyLady
Got the baby started with engine running. Drained...

Got the baby started with engine running. Drained most of the gas and re-fueled. Replaced the slave starter solenoid, and all is well.
Forum: Engines 08-26-2013, 08:24 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
Thanks Mike, but for some reason, I guess mine...

Thanks Mike, but for some reason, I guess mine never came with it. Perhaps they found a cheaper way to sole the same issue?
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 03:45 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
Put in the starter and it turned right...

Put in the starter and it turned right over...Thank God. So I am half way there to bringing my baby back to life. Now I have to figure out what to do with the half tank of 9 year old gas I am about...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 01:56 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
Took my last cruise in July of 2004...eeeek. The...

Took my last cruise in July of 2004...eeeek. The start of all this was that when I turned the key to start, I would just hear one low-level click. I could have been coming from the starter, but I...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 01:44 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
A terrible mechanic told me it was not working...

A terrible mechanic told me it was not working when I hired him to see why engine wouldn't start. But I have checked both the new and older starter outside the boat, and find that they are both in...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 01:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
Thanks mmwjr for that info. Very helpful. Today I...

Thanks mmwjr for that info. Very helpful. Today I will put the starter in and take it from there. If it turns over without the large missing breaker...oh well, I will leave well enough alone, I...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 04:21 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
I bought it new. never re-powered. That is one of...

I bought it new. never re-powered. That is one of the things I am wondering though, as it is not likely someone stole my breaker. The way the black wire is wound around another group of wires, and...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 01:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
Sorry, as for the starter, someone told me that...

Sorry, as for the starter, someone told me that if I do not bolt the starter to the engine, it won't be grounded, so it will not work. I currently have it just lying on the floor so I could see if it...
Forum: Engines 08-25-2013, 01:44 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
I bought it new. I have no clue why someone would...

I bought it new. I have no clue why someone would have removed the breaker? Where the black wire on the slave solenoid go? The diagram shows one wire from the breaker (red) goes to the starter and...
Forum: Engines 08-24-2013, 10:06 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
The wiring diagram shows the slave starter...

The wiring diagram shows the slave starter solenoid black wire on one of the smaller connection posts going to ground of the engine block. Why would a black ground wire go to the positive side of the...
Forum: Engines 08-24-2013, 06:02 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,470
Posted By HairyLady
1998 Mercruiser missing breaker

I changed my user name due to login problems, but back to the 1998 Maxum Merc 5.0 with no breaker on the engine. Is this heard of? I know no one took it off, and the black ground wire from the slave...
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