was not, now is...... dead, 1985 'rude 75 hp

[redneck joe]

Ran fine last year when i put her to bed, fist time out, today out of the barn and new battery and first couple cranks were sloooooooow but cranking and the bendix then stuck up in the flywheel. Tapped that down and now nada. Not even a click. I replaced the starter last year.

Plenty of battery power. TnT is running fine as I said new battery today.



Where to start and if yall say solenoid yer gonna have to show me a pic and tell me what the h... to do.
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[redneck joe]

oh and horn and stero and all work as well.

 

[Scott Danforth]

always start with the battery cable connections

most of the time with the mid-70's and 80's johnyrudes, its the connection of the starter to the block. pull the starter, clean everything shiny, bolt back together.

 

[redneck joe]

Pretty sure all good but I'll do it a second time. Meanwhile, anything else?

 

[redneck joe]

No go. O know how to jump a solenoid on a merc, ho on a johhnyrude?

 

[Scott Danforth]

big screwdriver across the big terminals. preferably one you already broke the tip off of.

 

[interalian]

Kinda hard to do on a 'rude. Use a booster cable - connect one to the bottom then touch the top one.

 

[redneck joe]

I'm an idiot.

 

[interalian]

^ I highly doubt that. But what was the fix?

 

[redneck joe]

^ I highly doubt that. But what was the fix?

hooking up the main wire to the starter at the new battery.


Care to change your last statement?

 

[redneck joe]

oh and only very slightly in my defense, it took two friends - a diesel mechanic and a electrician - and a 12 pack of beer - before we all figured it out. But they all told me I'm an idiot.


My OP was not quite correct.

 

[interalian]

If it takes 12 beer to fix anything, it was well and truly broken. You were just trying the new 'wireless power' system - still in beta testing apparently.

 

[redneck joe]

sweet i'm gonna use that...