Okay racerone. I rebuilt the starter with a brush kit
existing brushes were fried. Got motor to fire a couple times with a strong crank. Then starter got stuck engaged and on. I had to disconnect battery and almost got shocked. disassemble the starter. Reinstalled.
Weak power, wouldn't turn flywheel. Listen for a click in starter solenoid but there wasn't so I replaced the solenoid. Now I hear the solenoid clicking but still won't turn flywheel unless All sparkplugs are removed. Now trim and tilt is very weak sounding as welll. Charging battery as we speak and will try again.
Battery fully charged. changed battery terminal positive wire fitting that was pretty messed up. Tilt-trim is strong again. Turned key and had it fire up about 5-10 times. But then the ability to make the starter engage and turn got shorter and shorter. Now when i turn the key all that happens is a sound comes from the starter solenoid, the whole time i hold the key to start position, the solenoid clicks. not just one click, it goes click-click-click-click, etc.
I have no idea where to go from here people....:grumpy:
Also, Please visit my fb page link below for a video of the starter hooked directly to a 12v battery to show how strong it runs. I believe this rules out the starter as being any problem at all to a lack of engagement or power to start, correct?
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...02996036927923