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Old August 12th, 2009, 05:10 PM
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Default 96 smokercraft 40hp mercury starter

starter will not disingage even if motor starts I had to unhook battery to stop starter, have any ideas whats going on took key switch out of buddys boat my switch works fine in his boat but I sill have same problem I even tried pulling starter wire (yellow/red) off switch starter motor run until battery gets unhooked. any ideas welcome Iam completely lost

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Old August 12th, 2009, 05:14 PM
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Old August 12th, 2009, 05:19 PM
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Default Re: 96 smokercraft 40hp mercury starter

its sounds like u still get voltage 2 the starter after u turn it 2 on position on the key i hade the same thing happen 2 me on a riding mower i replaced the key switch and it works great 2 this day.
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Old August 13th, 2009, 12:01 AM
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Default Re: 96 smokercraft 40hp mercury starter

How about dropping the "texting" short cuts for some real words. The problem is a stuck starter solenoid.
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