Have replaced starter, starter solenoid, ignition switch, and battery. Problem still pops up randomly. Boat starts and runs just fine....sometimes. Other times, you turn the ignition key to first position....gauges turn on and look good, volt meter on the dash shows just below to just above 12v. Turn the key to start motor....nada, zilch, nothing happens! Kill switch on the dash works. When that is out, all the gauges go back to zero. Put the kill switch fob back in place and gauges go back to working. Jostle the throttle in and out of forward and reverse, center it to normal....no effect. There are five round red circuit breakers on the engine....press on all of them....nada. Let the boat sit overnight. Turn the key...presto! the engine roars into action!! Have been thru this scenario a dozen times now. Boat starts and runs multiple times....then it won't. Sometimes while it is hot, and sometimes not.
I'm thinking there is a bad ground wire involved somewhere? Either in the kill switch, or the throttle/fwd reverse lever, or somewhere else? Question #1...how do I debug this? that is...how would you go about finding a bad ground connection? Question #2 is it possible to bypass all the interlocks and "hot start" the engine? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!
I'm thinking there is a bad ground wire involved somewhere? Either in the kill switch, or the throttle/fwd reverse lever, or somewhere else? Question #1...how do I debug this? that is...how would you go about finding a bad ground connection? Question #2 is it possible to bypass all the interlocks and "hot start" the engine? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!