Oliviaalfie
New member
Hello folks,
i have a force 125 1989 model had it for a few year apart from eating the petrol I've never had a problem with it until now..
my issue is this,
i went to my boat last week after not being up for about 2 month due to work, I tried to start it but to not joy, what's happening is the cog from the starter motor kept coming up but not going back down, also my neutral cable is getting extremely hot the the point it's smoking after about 10 seconds, I have a fuel pump but it goes off when turning the key to start, I thought it must be due to dirty connections so I've replaced both terminals and cleaned the connections with a wire brush but engine going down to earth, the fly wheel turns when trying to start just very slow, the battery is brand new which I know means nothing but there big truck battery's I have 2 but both do the same so I'm putting that as not the issue. Could it be a the starter motor being sticky to get it up to speed or something else, thanks for any advice
i have a force 125 1989 model had it for a few year apart from eating the petrol I've never had a problem with it until now..
my issue is this,
i went to my boat last week after not being up for about 2 month due to work, I tried to start it but to not joy, what's happening is the cog from the starter motor kept coming up but not going back down, also my neutral cable is getting extremely hot the the point it's smoking after about 10 seconds, I have a fuel pump but it goes off when turning the key to start, I thought it must be due to dirty connections so I've replaced both terminals and cleaned the connections with a wire brush but engine going down to earth, the fly wheel turns when trying to start just very slow, the battery is brand new which I know means nothing but there big truck battery's I have 2 but both do the same so I'm putting that as not the issue. Could it be a the starter motor being sticky to get it up to speed or something else, thanks for any advice