Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

[Nandy]

Mercury 500 / 50 H.P. Four Cylinders<br />Motor s/n 2479050 Year prob. 1968<br /><br />The motor has never charged the battery since I bought it. I attributed the problem to the rectifier since at a glance you could see it burned. I decided to fix the problem and bought a rectifier and installed it. The motor is still not charging the battery. I checked the new rectifier of the circuit and the readings are ok. The seloc book does not have the readings of the stator. The stator they refer to has different cables. Will anybody that has one of this motor please check the measurament of the stator when disconnected from the rectifier?

 

[achris]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

Nandy,<br /><br />Stator will read about 5 ohms, give or take, with the rectifier disconnected, engine not running of course.<br /><br />Chris............

 

[phatmanmike]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

try contacting the guys at www.oldmercs.com

 

[Nandy]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

I checked their website, they do not have a stator.

 

[Nandy]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

Actually, looks like the stator is discontinued. Is there is a place where I can take the one I have and they can fix it?

 

[emckelvy]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

Nandy, a friend of mine in Shelton, WA has quite a few 50hp parts, he can probably hook you up with the stator and whatever else you need. I don't see any way to send a P.M. or otherwise contact you privately. If you'll leave your e-address (feel free to disguise it as necessary for anti-spam), I'll forward it to my friend.<br /><br />HTH....ed

 

[Nandy]

Re: Mercury 500 will not charge battery.

Please, do give him my email:<br />fquinones at bellsouth.net<br /><br />I have found both the stator and the switchbox but the guys is asking too much for them being the fact that they are used...<br />Thanks a bunch....