One of our recurring problems is when I go to start her up, I get nothing but a click. The battery is new and fully charged. Everything else works fine (blower, bilge pump, etc). Today, I decided to try to tighten things up on the starter (or at least knock off any corrosion). As I turned the wrench, I got a nice spark as the metal touched the housing of the starter (a careless mistake I won't repeat). Now, I get nothing at all, as if a main breaker has tripped. I found a breaker reset switch on top of the engine (the boat is a 2001 Searay 190 Bowrider, the engine is a 4.3l Mercruiser), but pushing the button to reset did nothing. I disconnected the battery (something I should have done at the start) and reconnected it, thinking the breaker might be caught in some sort of electro-magnetic limbo. No help. So now, everything is dead, except for the pump which raises and lowers the sterndrive.
Any hints on what I might be missing? Is there another breaker somewhere? Are these breakers prone to failure? It seems like I am missing something very simple, but being new to boats, I can't figure out what it is...
Thanks in advance.
Any hints on what I might be missing? Is there another breaker somewhere? Are these breakers prone to failure? It seems like I am missing something very simple, but being new to boats, I can't figure out what it is...
Thanks in advance.
