She won't start !

[926bill]

I just installed a conversion kit on my 470 mercruuiser. I smoked the voltage regulator last week. The orange wire was broke off at the starter, which probably did the regulator in. I installed a breezworks unit and it was pretty straight forward, but after the install all I get is a click at the slave solined and the motor will not turn over. I don't see any other damaged wires. I have power to the main solined on the starter and the volt meter is showing 9-10 volts with the key on.
Question is is the main solined bad, starter bad, or am I missing something? Is there any way of checking what is wrong?

Thanks BC

 

[Pete104]

Re: She won't start !

A good battery will show 13+ volts! Check the battery with a load tester.

 

[stonyloam]

Re: She won't start !

Check the voltage on the large terminal on the slave solenoid with the red/purple wire on it. Should be +12 volts. Check the voltage on the terminal with the larger red/yellow wire, should be 0, then have someone hit the key start. Should jump up to battery voltage, and the starter solenoid should activate. If not your slave is bad.

 

[Don S]

Re: She won't start !

volt meter is showing 9-10 volts with the key on.

Check your battery voltage to see if they are the same. Anything under 12 volts is basically a dead battery. Even if the engine did turn over it would be too slow to start. 9-10 won't even honk the horn.