I have a 97 Johnson Ocean Runner that was rebuilt last fall. About 4 hours into the breakin the stator went. Before the stator went, I had several problems such as 1) the engine checkout lights not coming on properly when I put the key in and 2) the engine not starting at times.<br /><br />The stator was replaced by the rebuilder (at no cost to me). When I picked up my boat he told me that my batteries were pretty drained (and that either they are crappy batteries or I may have a short somewhere).<br /><br />I then winterized the boat (this included pulling the batteries).<br /><br />After a long tough winter I put the boat in the driveway today and started her up. I had to play with the wires a little in order to get current. It took about three cranks for the engine to turn over. It then ran fine. I then let her run for about 5 minutes.<br /><br />Several hours later I tried starting her up again. I put the key in the ignition and I started to have the "engine checkout lights" not coming on. I played around with it a little. The engine turned over after several tries.<br /><br />I am no electrical genius, but I can't help but think that I have a wiring/short problem (if not something worse). I will probably bring it to a local marina within the next week, but I would appreciate any ideas that you may have.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />PEB
