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Starter solenoid short
Mercury 115 HP 2B145753
Boat had a dead battery, installed fully charged battery. Soon as fresh battery was hooked up starter solenoid started engaging / disengaging (click, click, click). Ignition switch was off w/ key out.
Engine started fine and while running I could no longer hear the solenoid clicking.
I’m assuming the best course of action here is to replace the entire starter.
What would you guys recommend?
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Don't guess, Test
The first thing I would test is the voltage to the excite terminal on the solonoid to see if there is voltage on it while the problem is occurring, suspect a key switch problems
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Mercury 3L/4 Stroke/Verado Moderator
What are the odds that the battery cables were reversed polarity when you first attempted to connect them?
Just out of curiousity- what is the battery voltage (AT IDLE) after the engine has been running for 5 minutes?
Test with a DVOM, at the battery.