brand new batteries and starter this year, it will only start by pumping throttle, fuel pump was going to be my next step, except it starts when it gear more often then when I have the throttle only switch engaged. It is a ski boat, so centre engine with a shaft down to a prop and rudder.
Ayuh,..... When the batteries were installed, were the wirin' ends rubbed with sandpaper,..??
How 'bout at the starter,..?? Ground connections,....
Check the contents of whatever fuel filters ya got,.....
Pull the gas line off the carb, direct it into a catchcan, 'n roll the motor over on the starter,....
There should be a full flow of gas,....
It could be the carb itself too,....
As for the starter crankin' over,
In Gear,.....
There's a neutral safety switch somewhere, 'n yer's ain't workin',.....
Generally speakin', it's in the control, with yellow/ red wires,....
Yer's could be somewhere along the shifting linkages,....
