1975 evinrude will start if the two hots at soleinod touched with a piece of wire

[chad913]

Took the boat out today and was starting good with key located at throttle control until we loaded it up and got back to the dock. went to turn the key and nothing. I am getting power to the ignition and tach zero's out when i turn the switch but it does nothing. The choke is located right under the ignition switch and with the key on and push down on the choke you can here it clicking in the motor meaning the choke is also working. I put the pull cord on it and it started with the key on. Anyone with knowledge on this please help. Maybe ignition?

 

[chad913]

Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

And the throttle control is Evinrude Power Pack. Thanks for any help!

 

[dc095]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Starter ground?

 

[Tim Frank]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Load test your battery.
Check connections first for cleanliness and tightness.

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Motor was in neutral when you tried to start it? If so, def check all connections.

 

[doberacker]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

The connections on Solenoid? that's what happened to mine. cleaned them, and worked. Good luck! D.

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

No. There are two hot wires going to the starter. one on the side and one underneath. The neutral safety switch in the control box looks good but i dont know much about them? Maybe the switch went bad? The tach zeros out when i turn the key to the on position and the choke works but when i turn it all the way to kick the starter nothing. The key has to be in the "on" position for the choke switch to work.

 

[chad913]

Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

I tightened the solenoid wires alittle and still nothing. is there a way to bypass the neutral safety switch?

 

[Will Bark]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Do you have a "kill" switch with a lanyard?

 

[Tim Frank]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Load test your battery.
Check connections first for cleanliness and tightness.

Nothing you have said indicates that you have done anything constructive to rule out the battery....the most common cause of these symptoms....after clean and tight connections.

 

[boobie]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Agreed X 2 !!!

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

No lanyard or kill switch. This is a 1975 amf crestliner. The picture on my profile and avatar. The control box is a a Evinrude power pack with the ignition switch in the side with the choke switch right below it. checked the selinoid wires again and there clean. Pulled the control box apart and I am lost there. Have no idea whats inside. What i seen to maybe be a safety switch little yellowish looking box with two wires connected to the back with a white button that pushes in and out. Looks to be working fine? The ignition switch looks pretty old. When i bought this boat i noticed the key didnt go to the ignition switch. looks like a old safe key or something. I cheked the connections at the battery and everything is good. I have my old trollin motor hooked straight to the battery underneath the power wires for the boat and the trolling motor works when turned on. Like i said it started fine when we left the first dock and rode for about 10 minutes, got to the unload dock, unloaded, wife jumped back in went to turn the key and nothing except for the tach zeroing out. Put the trolling motor down and it worked fine and got me away from the dock. Put a piece of rope on the flywheel with key in on position and it started right up with just half the flywheel wraped in rope. anyone have a diagram of my "power pack" control box? Thanks

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

And the battery is brand new marine deep cycle.

 

[Tim Frank]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

And the battery is brand new marine deep cycle.

You aren't getting this.
I've seen new batteries that were defective, I've seen new batteries that weren't fully charged on delivery, and if your charging system is not operating well, the battery may simply be discharged. "New" says nothing....

Have you tested your battery's condition....if fully charged including a load test?
If yes, how did you do it and what were the results?

If no, I would respectfully suggest....

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Yes the battery is full charged. How would i do a load test?

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

I have a battery tester and it is showing fully charged as is the battery charger. Its like i am not getting power back there to the starter. Nothing from back there but the electric choke when key is on. I dropped the trollin motor after it wouldnt start and the trollin motor was good and strong. I replaced the rectifier after installing a tachometer and got nothing from the tach. Changed the rectifier and now the tach acts funny, Jumpy. but is charging per my OHMs meter. All the wires from stator and rectifier are connected as per the wiring diagrams on the motor.

 

[Tim Frank]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Yes the battery is full charged. How would i do a load test?

You really aren't making this easy.

1) How did you test your battery?

2) If it really is fully charged, or shows full charge (did you just charge it) you can leave it for a day or 2 and see if it holds the charge, or take it to a store that sells batteries and get them to load test it. If it is new, presumably you just bought it, and can take it back where you got it for them to test.

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

Just put the battery in my 4.7 dodge ram and it started it with no problem

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

I think its either the safety nuetral switch in the control box not working right or the ignition switch is bad? don't know.

 

[chad913]

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Re: 1975 evinrude will not start with key but with pull cord?

How or is there to test the solenoid to see if it bad? I found some on ebay that are guareenteed to work for just 4.00!