dugoutfishing
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- Apr 4, 2006
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hi everyone, i read on this site all the time there is so much usefull info. well now I need some help. <br /><br />I just bought a 20ft flatbottom with a 1979 50 hp 4 cylinder mercury outboard motor on it. I took it out today put the gas line on it and started up perfect, I let it run for a little bit put the idle speed lever down threw it in reverse went for a long ride and then shut it off to float down the river for a bit and check my new boat out. Well when I went to restart it it just made a winding sound. I tried to start it again a few times and the same thing just a loud winding sound. I dont know alot about engines but does this sound like the starter? Should I hit it with a hammer real hard? Do I need a new one or is a used ok?<br /><br />I will order one if that is what it is and have it overnited to not miss the weekend, but I want to make sure what is wrong before I order something. Any ideas what it is?<br /><br />many thanks in advance.
<br /><br />It could simply be a stuck bendix, loose battery connections, low battery. It could also be the starter. There may be 2 sets of brushes on the bottom of the starter. The grounded brushes like to corrode at the eye that grounds them. Most of the time, starters can just be cleaned-up and reused. Sometimes they need brushes, sometimes the armature is burned-out (you can smell that, strong smokey smell).
