But why?
1995 Johnson 88 spl.
Had to replace the seals on my tilt piston. In getting the t/t wiring snaked out from around the powerhead and then back into place, I caused some problems.
When I got the t/t reinstalled, everything worked except that the motor would not turn off. I reseated some of the connections under the cowling and it turned off and then worked correctly, maybe 5 to 8 times. Crank it, it ran. Turn it off and it died. Some of the females in the big pink connector were splayed fairly wide. Did a little straightening and cleaning and plugged it back together. It appears the “it won’t turn off” problem is fixed.
However, in playing with that stuff, I have a new symptom. Now, the starter does not get any juice. I have 12.7 volts to the front side of the solenoid and I get 12.7 volts to the signal circuit on the solenoid when I turn the key. But, I don’t hear the solenoid close and no juice to the starter. So, I removed the solenoid, and put 12v across the signal circuit and the thing slaps shut with zero resistance across the main poles. Thinking the solenoid must be good, I put it back on and it does not work. Again, I have 12v to the main pole, and 12v to the signal circuit when the key is fully turned and nothing out the starter side of the solenoid.
Got me scratching my head. Maybe a bad ground on the back side of the signal circuit? Maybe a weak (low amperage) 12volts coming from the key to the signal circuit? Maybe the solenoid is bad? Maybe not?
Planning to run a 12v + wire from the battery to the solenoid signal circuit to get the key switch out of the equation. If that works, the key switch and/or wiring is flaky. If it doesn’t, then the solenoid or ground is flaky. I’ll try running a new ground to the backside of the solenoid signal circuit, also.
Anyone played with these before? Am I missing something basic, here?
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