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I have a 1997 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha I.
The starter motor is shot. I've pulled the starter only to find out that its some rebuilt piece of junk that obviously doesn't have the original part number, since its not the original starter to begin with.
So, I'm looking at the mercury manual, and...
I've got what I think is just a bad slave solenoid, but its acting kind of weird so I thought I would throw it out there.
I turn the ignition and I get the click from the starter (in the engine compartment), and the starter never turns. Seems like a bad solenoid. After some amount of trying the...
