90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot termanals?

[sibling]

i just bought this boat and it has a 90 merc anyway when I hooked up the battery termanals and they got really hot like hot even to touch. Can any body help me out on this on im stuck....
Thanks

 

[Laddies]

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot termanals?

Contact the seller and tell him of the problem first.Then what is the serail number, start by removing the + wire at the solinoid then hook a voltmeter or bulb between
the battery and cable so you don't hurt the wiring with the short and start tracing differant circurts till you find the problem

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot termanals?

Make sure the battery connections are clean and tight. Put a pliers to the wingnuts. I'm suprised an inline-6 would put out enough amps to do that.

 

[emckelvy]

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot terminals?

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot terminals?

Are you sure you had the correct polarity on the cables? If you swapped the neg and pos cables you'd get a lot of current flow before the rectifier burnt up!

You may find it easier to disconnect the (+) wire on the starter then see if you still get the short circuit. The solenoid contacts may have fused shut due to a defective starter.

HTH & let us know what you find..........ed

 

[myebay]

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot termanals?

well last night I did a little messing around with it. I bought a new fuel line (from gas tank to motor). And I followed the + cable all the way so I knew I had the right one. Anyway I got it started and it ran well but then when I went to drop into gear it stalls. When I first start it it has to be almost full throttle (in the warm up throttle). Is this just a carb problem or is it an eletrical problem? Thanks for everyones input also..................8)

 

[sibling]

Re: 90 mercury( 6 cyl) hot termanals?

well last night I did a little messing around with it. I bought a new fuel line (from gas tank to motor). And I followed the + cable all the way so I knew I had the right one. Anyway I got it started and it ran well but then when I went to drop into gear it stalls. When I first start it it has to be almost full throttle (in the warm up throttle). Is this just a carb problem or is it an eletrical problem? Thanks for everyones input also..................