I was out on Long Island Sound yesterday right on the edge of the Race near a rip, drift fishing with my buddy. Right as we were about to drift into where the current starts making 2 foot waves I tried to start the motor and the stater spun but wouldn't engage the flywheel. It was hairy because these waves were pounding over the transom and I had to dig out my kicker gas can from the front of the boat to get us out of there.
My battery was ranging from 12.3 to 11.5 volts, and read 11.5 when the starter wouldn't engage, so I wondered if that might be the problem. However, I tried pulling on the starting ripe a few times (no chance of actually starting the motor that way) and the starter began to re-engage again, and we were back to full power.
Any thoughts on what might have happened, either to cause the problem or to fix it. I am thinking that maybe something caught or jammed on the starter to prevent it from moving up to the flywheel and trying to rope start the flywheel unjammed it?
My battery was ranging from 12.3 to 11.5 volts, and read 11.5 when the starter wouldn't engage, so I wondered if that might be the problem. However, I tried pulling on the starting ripe a few times (no chance of actually starting the motor that way) and the starter began to re-engage again, and we were back to full power.
Any thoughts on what might have happened, either to cause the problem or to fix it. I am thinking that maybe something caught or jammed on the starter to prevent it from moving up to the flywheel and trying to rope start the flywheel unjammed it?
