1995 Force 90HP Starter

[Rayski]

Guys,

I put lock washers on the battery terminals and made sure they were both tight. I also put some WD40 on the starter drive and made sure the selenoid and starter terminals were tight. Tried to start, the same problem! The bendix is engaging the flywheel teeth but not turning. It looks like the bendix is trying to turn, making a stripping noise, then it will turn a little then stop. Should I get a new starter or is there something else to check? Thanks for your help!

 

[sleggitt]

Re: 1995 Force 90HP Starter

I am Having the same issue did you ever get ths resolved.

 

[roscoe]

Re: 1995 Force 90HP Starter

Make sure battery is fully charged.
Probably a good idea to have it load tested.

The starter can be cleaned/rebuilt.

If that doesn't work, time to spend a few bucks on a new one.

 

[JB]

Re: 1995 Force 90HP Starter

Do the starter circuit troubleshooting in "Outboard won't start" in the Engine FAQs. Chances are you have a low resistance problem in the cables/connections that is preventing the starter getting enough current.

 

[orbitzero]

Re: 1995 Force 90HP Starter

I am newer than new, I bought my first boat 3 weeks ago. It is a 94 Dynasty Jetboat (Dynasty went out of business in the late 90's) w/Force 90HP inboard (Force went out of business in early 200x) -that is really an outboard, trapped in an inboard configuration, so I should be one to talk, but I do have a similar issue-along with a carborator issue that I'll be back on once I get the boat running, that said here is what I found out related to my starter issue:

Can you turn the flywheel by hand. If not pull the spark plugs and try again, there should be no strain on the flywheel with plugs pulled.

Flywheel turns by hand. I am assuming that you have pulled and cleaned all heavy duty electrical contacts so that there is now rust or corrosion, a little resistance anywhere is enough to stop the heavy duty current to turn the starter. I would suggest a good cleaning of all contacts with a wire brush/file down to metal.

If all are good take the starter solenoid (mine was bad) out of the equation.

Read this a couple of times before attempting it!

Disconnect the heavy duty battery cables from the battery, both black and red.

Disconnect the end of the black cable that is connected to engine block.

Find your starter solinoid, it will be connected to the red battery cable, on the other side of it should be a second heavy duty battery cable that goes directly to the starter, disconnect the red battery cable from starter solenoid, disconect the red at the starter.

Connect the red directly from the battery to the starter, and then connect the red battery cable back on the battery.

Reconnect the black to the battery, using caution that the disconnected from the block end does not touch metal.

At this point if you touch the black battery end to the engine, the starter should try to engage, when I say touch it, you should only do this for less than a second, you are only trying to see if the starter will engage or not.

If it does engage and the flywheel turns then your starter is most likely OK, and your issue is the solenoid, or one of the cables in your high current battery feed.

Good luck! I am waiting for my solenoid even as we speak!