pcrussell50
Petty Officer 1st Class
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evinrude 135hp crossflow v-4, 1975, 135583e, if it matters...
the motor starts easily and runs like a champ... at least it does if the starter motor works. seems the starter motor has become intermittent on me. sometimes it works and zings the motor right to life, other times i just get a single click, not a series of clicks like you'd get with a weak battery, just a single strong click. i've tried other known-good batteries and they have the same behavior. trouble shooting process:
1] the click seems to emanate from the solenoid assembly, as when i have my wife turn the key to get the click, with my finger on the solenoid, i can feel the relay or whatever it is inside there clicking.
the following are things i have observed when it does not work normally:
2] i have observed that somtimes, the starter motor turns weakly and slowly without jumping up and engaging the flywheel
3] sometimes it jumps up weakly and engages the flywheel but can't turn it
4] sometimes i just get the click and nothing visible at all occurs with the starter motor
5] moving the starter a little bit by hand to move it off of dead spots on the commutator does not seem to have any effect on whether it will work or not, but i have not tried every position all the way around, just tried it once or twice
and finally:
6] sometimes it works completely normally, but not often enough to chance it on the lake. sometimes it works after i rotate some of the thick power and ground wires on their lugs to freshen the contact, but sometimes it doesn't
weird, huh?
what would you suggest for the next step in troubleshooting?
-Peter
the motor starts easily and runs like a champ... at least it does if the starter motor works. seems the starter motor has become intermittent on me. sometimes it works and zings the motor right to life, other times i just get a single click, not a series of clicks like you'd get with a weak battery, just a single strong click. i've tried other known-good batteries and they have the same behavior. trouble shooting process:
1] the click seems to emanate from the solenoid assembly, as when i have my wife turn the key to get the click, with my finger on the solenoid, i can feel the relay or whatever it is inside there clicking.
the following are things i have observed when it does not work normally:
2] i have observed that somtimes, the starter motor turns weakly and slowly without jumping up and engaging the flywheel
3] sometimes it jumps up weakly and engages the flywheel but can't turn it
4] sometimes i just get the click and nothing visible at all occurs with the starter motor
5] moving the starter a little bit by hand to move it off of dead spots on the commutator does not seem to have any effect on whether it will work or not, but i have not tried every position all the way around, just tried it once or twice
and finally:
6] sometimes it works completely normally, but not often enough to chance it on the lake. sometimes it works after i rotate some of the thick power and ground wires on their lugs to freshen the contact, but sometimes it doesn't
weird, huh?
what would you suggest for the next step in troubleshooting?
-Peter
