imods
Cadet
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- Jul 22, 2012
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I have a 1994 60 horse Johnson (model J60TLERS) on a 1981 16' aluminum Smokercraft. It's been running great for the most part. Once in a while the starter won't fully engage the flywheel and makes a grinding noise, but if that happens I just align the gears by hand and it works fine. The last few times I've taken it out, it has been a pain to start. I thought it was a battery issue. I've jumped it with my truck (I know, ridiculous), and attempted to pull start it. A few weeks ago it wouldn't start for the life of me. I tried pull starting it and it got pretty close to turning over. I tried again and my brother-in-law turned the key right after I pulled it and it turned over and ran fine all 7 miles back down river to the ramp. I wanted to take it out fishing during spring break so I got everything uncovered and fully charged. Figured I better make sure it'll start before I drive all the way out to the river. It won't start. I've taken my heavy duty battery out of my truck to try starting the boat in case my 2 year old Optima was bad for some reason (which it's not) and that didn't work. I've read through some forums and watched a lot of YouTube videos, but I'm not a motor guy. So here's what I've got to work with...
-won't turn over with key
-cranks slow
-full battery
-good connection to the battery
-won't turn over with jumper cables hooked directly from battery to starter
-starter spins when given power detached from motor (sounds fast to me)
-starter is pretty dirty inside but I cleaned off the brushes and bottom of armature they contact, still won't start
-if I try to pull start it, it has good compression and almost starts
-when the motor ran, it took 3-5 seconds to turn over
I took some pictures and videos too:
https://plus.google.com/photos/10539...07551489023969
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-won't turn over with key
-cranks slow
-full battery
-good connection to the battery
-won't turn over with jumper cables hooked directly from battery to starter
-starter spins when given power detached from motor (sounds fast to me)
-starter is pretty dirty inside but I cleaned off the brushes and bottom of armature they contact, still won't start
-if I try to pull start it, it has good compression and almost starts
-when the motor ran, it took 3-5 seconds to turn over
I took some pictures and videos too:
https://plus.google.com/photos/10539...07551489023969
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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