115ETLN Starter Bad? Need advice...

smoedog

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So I uncovered my pontoon to get it ready to show for a sale. Batteries were dead so I jumped off my expedition. Had the kids rev up while I tried to turn it over and it would hit compression and stall. Pulled all the plugs and turned her over and she would either stall or turn over real slow. I fogged and winterized her and can turn her over with a wrench easily.

Kept trying then the kicker solenoid took a dump and the starter just spins a slot slower than it should be. Also volts would drop from 14 to off scale below 10 even with the starter free spinning not turning the motor. So obiviously the starter is bad, but anything else I should look at before I order a new starter so I don't run into any other issues.
 

smoedog

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Re: 115ETLN Starter Bad? Need advice...

actually disregard, pulled it off and cleaned it up and lubed it up and ran it on the bench at it ran fine. Reinstalled it and it can turn the motor over fine if i power it directly.

I think i just need to give all the batts and terminals a good cleaning.

Need to quit treating this boat like a plane and stop over troubleshooting it lol.
 
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