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HerrGruyere reacted to saltchuckmatt's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Test and make sure starter power is coming out of the solenoid when the "click" sounds.

Tuesday at 4:42 PM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

Welp I figured it out! Where the solenoid grounds is bad. Just have to run a ground wire to the main ground/exhaust manifold. Once I did...

Tuesday at 2:41 PM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

I was certain this was a one and done.

Saturday at 11:03 AM
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HerrGruyere reacted to racerone's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Buying new bits ( parts cannon ) gets expensive.-----Hard to believe we are at post #57 now.

Saturday at 10:57 AM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

I’m close to a Clark Griswold moment on this one. I’m sure the existing ground for the solenoid is fine. No need for my extra one...

Saturday at 10:57 AM
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HerrGruyere reacted to Crosbyman's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Strange the fuse off the solenoid B+ from the battery feeds the choke cct and that was working ??? The same B+ fused supply gets...

Saturday at 10:54 AM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

You’re tellin’ me!

Saturday at 8:54 AM
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HerrGruyere reacted to saltchuckmatt's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Quite a bit of bad luck your having, might want to NOT go rock climbing.

Saturday at 8:27 AM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

I found the wonky: the harness holder was grounding against the negative. Makes sense because it would only random start with the cover...
Saturday at 7:20 AM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

I’ll try that. I have a new ignition on the way, too.

Friday at 7:31 PM
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HerrGruyere reacted to saltchuckmatt's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Something is wonky. Take the ground off the s and ground the body of the solenoid.

Friday at 7:30 PM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

The funniest thing happened: I went to connect the battery to test some more, and it started cranking when I put the negative cable on...

Friday at 3:31 PM
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HerrGruyere reacted to kd4pbs's post in the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting with Like.

Just for giggles... Put your voltmeter across the I and S terminals when you crank it and verify you're truly getting 12V across them...

Friday at 3:29 PM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

I did the ignition wire to I and ground to S. I threw that extra ground on there and still nothing. So weird!
Friday at 2:09 PM
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HerrGruyere replied to the thread ‘77 Johnson 70hp Starter Troubleshooting.

Threw the new solenoid on and …nothing. Tried jumping the positive to I post and nothing. I’m pretty stumped. The ground checks out, and...

Friday at 1:02 PM