My 98 Johnson has been acting weird while starting.
Took it to the lake about a mile away to test start and got it started fine.
Wife and I decided to take it to bigger lake and it wouldnt start. Just cranked and seemed like it got flooded like No Spark.
A week later, took it to close lake and couldnt get it started. Got back to driveway and looked under the hood to check all wiring.
The only thing that I really touched was the neutral safety switch to make sure it wasnt stuck or anything.
So I decided to check cranking voltage and hooked up meter. Went to crank and it fired like it was going to start.
Hooked up the muffs in driveway and got it to start on first crank.
Ran it down to the lake and it ran beautiful.
So while it was in the driveway and I was doing the voltage test on the starter, I left the throttle arm in upright position and it started. This is NOT my normal starting procedure.
Or maybe I have been doing it wrong for the first 6 yrs I've had this boat by pulling out on the arm and advancing it forward to start.
So does it sound like it could be a bad safety switch at this point?