Firstly....excuse my lack of proper terminology....motor in question is a 1978 Johnson 115Hp Sea-Horse...old but generally been running ok.
The ignition switch was not working properly, and when put into the start position it stayed there unless manually put back into "on" (using my non tech terminology of: off, on and start, with start normally being impossible to keep key in that position unless manually holding it, except in my case it did stay). This meant that if left in "start", the small flywheel on the starter would keep spinning. Normally I remembered to return key to correct position....
Last trip out I forgot, and after about 15 minutes the engine started to stutter. I put it into neutral and immediately the engine stopped. This resulted in a tow back
When I try and turn the ignition switch now, absolutely nothing happens (no noise or clicks etc at all). Battery is charged and I can still raise and lower motor.
Ive dismantled the ignition switch (Lucas 128 SA, 34228D) and tried playing around with re-connecting it, but no joy.
I suspect that the motor was also overheating on one side, and had been meaning to get the thermostats changed...but typically hadn?t got around to it before this happened.
I?ve had a look at a couple of posts and troubleshoting things on these forums, and intend to get my multimeter out tomorrow !
Question is, does anyone know if this sounds like an ignition, solenoid, overheat (and subsequent consequences)..or something else ? Anything obvious I am missing or can self check to try and prevent an unwelcome repair bill....
The ignition switch was not working properly, and when put into the start position it stayed there unless manually put back into "on" (using my non tech terminology of: off, on and start, with start normally being impossible to keep key in that position unless manually holding it, except in my case it did stay). This meant that if left in "start", the small flywheel on the starter would keep spinning. Normally I remembered to return key to correct position....
Last trip out I forgot, and after about 15 minutes the engine started to stutter. I put it into neutral and immediately the engine stopped. This resulted in a tow back
When I try and turn the ignition switch now, absolutely nothing happens (no noise or clicks etc at all). Battery is charged and I can still raise and lower motor.
Ive dismantled the ignition switch (Lucas 128 SA, 34228D) and tried playing around with re-connecting it, but no joy.
I suspect that the motor was also overheating on one side, and had been meaning to get the thermostats changed...but typically hadn?t got around to it before this happened.
I?ve had a look at a couple of posts and troubleshoting things on these forums, and intend to get my multimeter out tomorrow !
Question is, does anyone know if this sounds like an ignition, solenoid, overheat (and subsequent consequences)..or something else ? Anything obvious I am missing or can self check to try and prevent an unwelcome repair bill....
