carsonmurph1
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2020
- Messages
- 6
I have a 1972 Mercury 402E long shaft that hasn’t started since it came out of storage for the winter. When I turn the key to start the engine it will turn over, but it turns over pretty slowly. It acts in a similar way to when the battery is almost dead. Using a multimeter I checked the voltage on the battery is 12 volts, the voltage at the end of the wire harness going into the engine is 12 volts. The voltage going into the starter solenoid is 12 volts as well. Is there something I’m missing here? Given it’s a 1972 model year engine parts are extremely hard to come by and expensive if you can get them. Does anybody have any ideas on what could be wrong and any tests I could do to verify what’s wrong before I start buying parts? Thanks