"Hey Guys;
First post, and I
"Hey Guys;
First post, and I have a problem. I did a search and did try a couple of the options posted.
History;
Bought a mid 70s. something or other boat from Vancouver Island (NO HULL ID NO MANU.)put it in the water this past week, it started and ran, well at home on the muffs, ran in the lake for about 3 Nms. then it quit, kept flooding itself out, long story short, I had the Carb, rebuilt, Needle and Seat were stuck and inside of carb looked like a cheap PIZZA!
Serial # on engine block comes up as a mid 70s. 250ci. 165hp. inline 6cyl. chev. Mercruiser.
I put the rebuilt carb. back on, turned the key and the motor tried to turn-over (Alt pulley advanced about 1/16th) then it just clicked. I switched the battery switch to the ALL position and still just clicked. I did a load test on both batteries, both showed good charge, ran 55amp AUTOMATIC charge through the batteries for 12hrs, retried to start motor, CLICK,CLICK. Pulled Spark-plugs, thinking that I may have washed the cyls. when it was flooding,poured Lucas Oil Treatment in the cyls. that I could, tried to turn the motor over, yup, just CLICKED!
As I had seen posted, REPLACED Selenoid, re-tightened every wire that I could find, CLICK CLICK. The motor seems to be trying to turn, as noted that the front pullies advance SLIGHTLY when I first hit the key, but then it seems that the starter just won't turn it over! The starter is engaging, so that would indicate to me that the Bendix is working, and it doesn't seem to kick out until I release the key.
Because of the front motor mount system, I have not been able to access the Harmonic Balancer/Crankshaft Pulley, to hand turn the motor, but it doesn't seem to be seized.
Any ideas about what could be going on?
Labman"
First post, and I
"Hey Guys;
First post, and I have a problem. I did a search and did try a couple of the options posted.
History;
Bought a mid 70s. something or other boat from Vancouver Island (NO HULL ID NO MANU.)put it in the water this past week, it started and ran, well at home on the muffs, ran in the lake for about 3 Nms. then it quit, kept flooding itself out, long story short, I had the Carb, rebuilt, Needle and Seat were stuck and inside of carb looked like a cheap PIZZA!
Serial # on engine block comes up as a mid 70s. 250ci. 165hp. inline 6cyl. chev. Mercruiser.
I put the rebuilt carb. back on, turned the key and the motor tried to turn-over (Alt pulley advanced about 1/16th) then it just clicked. I switched the battery switch to the ALL position and still just clicked. I did a load test on both batteries, both showed good charge, ran 55amp AUTOMATIC charge through the batteries for 12hrs, retried to start motor, CLICK,CLICK. Pulled Spark-plugs, thinking that I may have washed the cyls. when it was flooding,poured Lucas Oil Treatment in the cyls. that I could, tried to turn the motor over, yup, just CLICKED!
As I had seen posted, REPLACED Selenoid, re-tightened every wire that I could find, CLICK CLICK. The motor seems to be trying to turn, as noted that the front pullies advance SLIGHTLY when I first hit the key, but then it seems that the starter just won't turn it over! The starter is engaging, so that would indicate to me that the Bendix is working, and it doesn't seem to kick out until I release the key.
Because of the front motor mount system, I have not been able to access the Harmonic Balancer/Crankshaft Pulley, to hand turn the motor, but it doesn't seem to be seized.
Any ideas about what could be going on?
Labman"