I don't know what to do now.

[adamante]

During fixing carb & fuel pump in my 1989 90HP Mariner outboard, I created a new problem. I cranked too many time. I never hold cranking more than 10 sec and waited to cool down before next trial. I thought it drained a battery too low to crank a starter motor, but even with a new battery it doesn't crank. It's not completely dead. It crank sometime in once, sometime in 100th time.

I searched forum and found that my starter could have a bad spot, so I took out the starter motor and tested it with extra battery before I disassemble for cleaning. It works okay with battery connected directly.

I still get click sound from starter solenoid and beep sound from key box.

Any idea?

 

[Jeff_G]

Re: I don't know what to do now.

Check the voltage coming out the other large terminal on the starter solenoid when cranking. If no voltage or greatly less than 12 v replace the solenoid.