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    1975 Mercury 650 starter issue

    To everyone who offered their assistance on my starter issue thank you so much! It turned out that the Force Power was correct. I checked the battery cables as I mentioned and they were pretty bad so I replaced them...she started right up!! Like I said it's my first boat so this site is a...
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    1975 Mercury 650 starter issue

    Thanks Chris, I pretty much checked the connections but won't hurt to do it again. I had a fit with the trailer lights for the same reason. Every light worked ...but not in the right sequence, until I found that "magic ground" fault!! Thanks for the tip. It's gotta be something between the...
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    1975 Mercury 650 starter issue

    Thanks! You know I pulled a piece of electrical tape off of the large battery cable running from the battery to the solenoid and it is pretty chewed up under there . That could be the problem. So 4 gauge wire is sufficient? It's got to be something between the battery and the starter because...
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    1975 Mercury 650 starter issue

    I have a 1975 Mercury 65 hp that now has a starter problem. There might be a couple of issues but I have eliminated the major ones. The starter was bad so it has been replaced along with the solinoid . The starter will spin but does not rise up and engage the flywheel. It will if jumped directly...
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