1980 55hp starter solenoid

[burnsie88]

Hi guys long story short I tried to crank the motor over without the active connected to the starter. Once hit my head against a brick for been so stupid and reconnected it the motor won't crank at all, have I most likely blown the starter solenoid or is there a whole list?

 

[juno pierrat]

what do you mean "without the active connected to the starter"? positive battery connection? large red cable? there is a fuse back by the solenoid, check if its blown.

 

[F_R]

Starter solenoids are very durable, and probably 90% or more of the replaced ones were not bad. Whatever you did, you did not "blow the solenoid".

 

[burnsie88]

what do you mean "without the active connected to the starter"? positive battery connection? large red cable? there is a fuse back by the solenoid, check if its blown.

Yeah that's what I'm talking about. Is the fuse located in the solenoid or normal in the cable run to the solenoid from the battery? The first thing I did was look for a fuse but couldn't see one.

 

[hardwater fisherman]

There should be a fuse in the wire harness close to the solenoid. The diagram I saw shows the fused wire is red/purple in color. It should be a little glass tube fuse inside a plastic cylinder that pulls apart.

 

[burnsie88]

There should be a fuse in the wire harness close to the solenoid. The diagram I saw shows the fused wire is red/purple in color. It should be a little glass tube fuse inside a plastic cylinder that pulls apart.

I actually did check that fuse and its fine.

Any other suggestions to fault find?

 

[oldboat1]

Try describing what you reconnected, and where. Or maybe attempt another description of what was disconnected. Did you reverse polarity at the battery, maybe? Positive wire to negative post, negative wire to positive post?

 

[hardwater fisherman]

Try to jump the starter by taking booster cables directly from a known good battery. Red positive lead to the lug on the starter and black negative to the starter bracket. Also if you have a voltage meter and with the key or button off you should have 12 plus volts at the battery. And 12 plus volts at one side of the solenoid.With the key on you should have 12 volts at positive lug on the starter.