Rookieboater22508
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We bought an old pontoon boat August 2014, we got it running by 8/15. The 96 Force 90 motor ran ok but wouldn't start it sounded like the started failed it wouldn't turn the flywheel. we replaced the starter with one from the internet and the motor started right up.....The second starter seems to have failed in mid September of 2014. I'm no wizard but I would think that starters should last longer than a month. I noticed the bendix would engage the flywheel and try to turn it until it got to the part where the 1st and 3rd pistons are really compressing the air/fuel mix and the bendix would bind and the starter would squeel something awful. we would have to bump the fly wheel backwards a couple of teeth to get the bendix to release. I fear that the starter is bad again. I've checked the wiring and it all looks great, I even used jumper cables to jump around the soliniod and the wiring and I get the same result. I don't know what to check next could this be an exhaust problem? oh I just finished changing the oil and the impeller in the lower unit and when I had the bottom unit off it was still hard to move the flywheel by hand when the 2 pistons were on the upstroke with the plugs in. I have taken the plugs out and the flywhell moves just fine no sounds of scraping or dragging. What's the next steps here?
Thanks!
Thanks!