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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    I've determined that I had the center portion magnet, not sure what it's called, upside down. I'm assuming that's why it was spinning in reverse. Still not sure why I am not getting anything from it when hooking it up to a battery. I ordered a new starter but would still like to figure it out...
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    Interesting. I didn't know that. I'll take a look and see if I have it lined up. I did an ohm test this morning and everything looks fine
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    The brushes are hard wired together
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    I've tested the windings and they are fine. I checked and all brushes and caps are installed cottectly. Nothing is happening when I hook it up to 12 volts. I checked again and I am getting 12 volts to the 2 brushes. The grounds are solid.
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    It is a 80/90s mercury 50 2 stroke 4 cylinder
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    Okay thank you I will take a look this morning and let you know
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    I am going to test them this morning. I'll let you know what I get. It was connected to the safety switch and working. I'm thinking maybe I had some connections backwards and fried the solonoid, which still doesn't answer why the motor isn't working when on power.
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    Sorry everyone I am pretty new to outboard motors. This is pretty much the first I've worked on. I am not sure of the exact year of the motor, probably 80-90s Mercury 50 2 stroke 4 cyl. I can provide a picture of the starter if that helps
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    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    I'm completely stuck. I replaced my starter solenoid and rebuilt my starter motor with new brushes and completely cleaned it top to bottom. I had it spinning, but oddly enough, spinning backwards. I'm not just saying this because the bendix wouldn't pop up but because I tied a zip tie to the...
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