so hottest day of the year up here in the NW on Sunday. Plan a couple days out on the lake ~ Sat was perfect, early to the lake , launched, fished, tubed, swam. Perfect day. BUT SUNDAY ~ I drive the the boat out, launch it perfectly, go to start it up, turn the key, push the choke, motor tuns over, then fires, then dies. So i repeat, but this time nothing happens. I would turn the key and get nothing. when I push in I can hear the choke engaging, so i had power from the key. I would tun the key on and off and just nothing - no click, no noise, and most important, no starter kicking in and turning the motor over, I tried everything, wiggled the handle, wiggled the wires by the starter, checked my circut breaker, wiggled the wires behind the ignition..nothing D E A D boat. So i drag the dead boat out of the water get it back up on the trailer, just for giggles, right before i leave I go to turn the key and viola fired right up. CRAP - so i pull back around, this time into the launch line, wait 30 + minutes, back into the water, turn the key and fires up first time - no problems. warms up, i run it through the cycle from idle to WOT, around the lake, stop, turn off, go , stop turn off go. Perfect day the rest of the time on the water. Never a problem before- WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED and where do I start?
1984 Force 85 HP on a 1984 Bayliner Cuddy
1984 Force 85 HP on a 1984 Bayliner Cuddy