mercurry 35 hp. starting damage?

[Grub54891]

Will I damage the charging system by starting as is, or not? Serial number:6492172. Yes I'll hook up the water...

 

[stikboyy]

i'd take the cloth off the flywheel and hook up the spark plug leads, other than that you're good to go. Excess charging amperage just gets dumped to ground.

 

[GA_Boater]

It won't start. The plug wires are off.

There must be more to this question. Pull start or using the E-starter?

 

[Grub54891]

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Well, yeah, I was just checking before finishing up the carb rebuild, new impeller, and plugs. After that I hooked up the electrical, and used the starter along with the controls. I was just going to use a rope start method but decided to hook it up properly. The thing sat for 7 years before I acquired it. 135 compression dry when I checked that before any other work. She now runs nice and just hung her on the rebuilt toon for final tweaks for launch next weekend.