So I have been having issues with my 140 Johnson not pulling past 2100 rpm. I replaced the stator and the timer base and took it up to the lake for a water test. The other day I left the key on while bringing it home and killed the battery, so I charged it up with my cheesy charger which indicated a 100% charge. When I got to the lake I dunked the boat in, and it started fine. I guess I didn't warm it up long enough and it stalled after a couple seconds in reverse gear. I started it back up, and when I shifted back into reverse, I had my foot on the throttle (reving to around 1500 rpm), the motor clunked and stalled. I go to start it back up, and it won't turn the motor over ( will move slighty, but not enough to turn). My onboard amp meter shows 12v when the key is turned on, and dips to 10v when I try start it. My question is, is the battery issue a coincident, or did I mess something up in the motor and now the motor won't turn. I hope I didn't cause another problem when I was trying to test another problem. Just my luck. If anyone could tell me if it's common to mess up a motor from shifting into gear with the throttle pushed. I feel like a total idiot, at least no one was at the launch to see it but me. LOL. Thanks in advance.
