Re: 1977 Sea Ray 351w 235 OMC Starting
I wanted to say thank you for your help, as it turns out the wire that goes from the key ignition to the neutral safety switch and then to the solenoid was removed by previous owner. Previous owner also did not have the starter solenoids or trim solenoids grounded. Starter was bad had it checked and then I replaced it, and the ignition coil was tired possibly bad so I changed it also. I hooked up a wire from the key ignition (tested with a voltmeter to find the correct wire that provides the 12v current when the key is in the start position) to the I terminal of the starter solenoid and the motor cranks now. I will test that switch and then if good I plan on running a nice clean fresh wire from the key ignition to the neutral safety switch and then from that switch to the starter solenoid now that I know the problem there. That being said I ordered the points elimination kit today and then I cleaned/gapped the sparkplugs, and checked all my spark plug wires for continuity. I will attempt to start it once i check my gas tank/gas, and the carb. Should be sometime this week when my stuff arrives that I can test it. Any other things you think would benefit me before I give a test crank?
