about ready to sink it

[lucas70458]

so it's an old boat only had it for a year it had a starting problem cranked over to slow i could wrap a rope around the fly wheel and pull as i turned the key did good for a bit then that didn't work any more replaced the starter brushes,solenoid and battery even tried to jump it turns over fast for a min then the starter gets hot.. forgot to say it's a 90 or so force 150 any help? i'm at the end of my rope.....was ready to tow it out pull the plug and swim back.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: about ready to sink it

Do a compression test,then post the results.J

 

[Jeremy90bay]

Re: about ready to sink it

Clean all your contacts. most important the ground cables. use a wire bruck or brillo to clean them nice. I had a similar problem on my 1990 50hp and that solved it. took a while to find the problem but hats what it was.

 

[lucas70458]

Re: about ready to sink it

so the compression test was good 145-150-150-150 spent about 4 hours disconnecting all the connections and cleaning them (one at a time ofcourse) thought i had it spun over fast then back to slow took my battery back got a new one still slow... i did the old pull rope while turning the key spins fast for a few sec the back to slow??? any more ideas? i'm a good mechanic but should i just take it to the shop that should cost me a small fortune

 

[Jeremy90bay]

Re: about ready to sink it

Have you starter tested. Also your starter is grounded to itself so if you remove the starter and clean where the metal touches metal on the brackets( starter and bracket ) That might help.

 

[cedarjunki]

Re: about ready to sink it

sounds like time for a new starter to me.

 

[lucas70458]

Re: about ready to sink it

thanks for the info guys got a little mor work before i ready to fish...hope the oil spill gets cleaned up opend up shrimp season here so the shrimpers could get out and get some before it gets to bad

 

[lucas70458]

Re: about ready to sink it

looks like it is the starter last week i bought a spare force 150 for parts it seems to run but i dont think i can use all the parts one is the a model and one is the b model i checked the starter on the spare my boat spun so fast it scared me might put a little work in the other motor so i can have a spare or sell it to try to get back some of the money i've spent.... now i guess i have a fuel problem if i squirt gas in the carb it runs for a second but won't stay running.....i get on that tomorrow.. thanks everyone for pointing me in the right direction

 

[lucas70458]

Re: about ready to sink it

so i got it running by squirting gas into the carb then the primer bulb would lose prime hooked up an old can the little red can from my flat boat took a few min to get her running then she smoothed out and purred not like a kitten more like a lion put the fuel line back on and it was running good gonna take it to the lake tomorrow to try it out better take the little tank with me... thanks again guys for all the advice... anyone interested in buying my spare force 150? let me know...