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mark v

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I bought a 1984 Galaxie 3.0 recently. I installed a new battery and cannot get the outdrive down. I am getting a clicking sound from the silonoids. Also, I am getting a clicking sound from the starter silonoid, does the outdrive need to be down for the motor to turn over? Is there any way to check the siloniods to see if they are good?
 
sounds like you have a weak battery, or bad connections to the battery or at the other end of the battery cables, where they connect to the starter and block
mark v said:
does the outdrive need to be down for the motor to turn over?
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no, but it's a good idea so you don't damage the ball gears
mark v said:
Is there any way to check the siloniods to see if they are good?
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the clicking says they're probably good.
 
im ordering a new tilt motor, but im still having a clicking noise coming from the solenoid thats not on the starter. I can get the starter to turn over by using a screwdriver by crossing the two studs what does this mean any help would be great thanks Mark
 
How to fix stringer tilt problems!

So you have a stringer out drive that won't tilt up, or it tilts up very slowly, or you need to help it up physically. Maybe it doesn't move at all.

Here is a step bye step guide to fixing it. A manual would be very helpful.

1- A fully charged battery is imperative.

2- Disconnect the battery and clean the battery posts. Are the cables good?

3- With the battery disconnected, clean all the connections on the port side, solenoids. Don't forget the grounds.

4- Clean connections to tilt motor. Two wires.

5- Connect the battery.

6- On the out drive port side, there is a clutch housing. Four screws hold on
cover. Pull that cover. May be full of water. They all leak.

Two things you can do at this time.

A- Clean out the housing with clutch installed.

B- Remove the clutch and rebuild the housing. New seals.

If you chose A, Spray the clutch with brake cleaner. Make sure it's as clean as you can get it. You might have to spray it a few times. Blow it dry. Spray the the clutch with penetrating oil. Pack the housing with grease, and install cover. Don't over tighten the screws, can bind the clutch.

If you chose B, remove all the components of the gear housing. Soak everything in Acetone overnight. Rebuild housing, new seals. Blow dry the parts, soak them all in motor oil for a hour or two. Install parts. Pack the housing with grease. I know it calls for 30 weight motor oil. Trust me pack it with grease. Install cover.

7- Gently pry off the rubber bumpers. Don't mix them up, pump grease in the zerks. Install bumpers.

At this point the drive should move up and down easy. If it doesn't, you need to pull the tilt motor. Test motor and replace or rebuild. Make sure the hammer blow coupler is good or replace. Don't forget the gasket, on the tilt motor. .

Good luck!​
 
thanks I installed a new tlit motor, and the out drive goes up and down great. I also bought a new solenoid relay for the starter and yeah the starter now works. Now I just cant get enough spark to the points to the start the boat.I did a complete tune up on it coil, cap and rotor, and points new plugs and wires adn i set the gap at .019 which it calls for but it still wont start HELP!!!!
 
run a jumper to the coil see if it starts post back the result we will go from there.

To be clear a wire to the coil Pos side from the pos side of the battery . then hit the key if it starts then to shut off the motor you will need to pull the jumper .

Understand ?
 
Always put water to the drive when trying to start the motor, and again never run it anywhere but fully down the drive.

May seem anal to you but a new set of ball gears are not cheap and is a byatch to install.

When they go past 50 % wear you have to change them out.
 
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I can verify chiefalen in the ball gear department, and everything he says for that matter.

When I purchased my own boat, the ball gears were that shot to pieces that I found it hard to believe that so much damage could be caused to these important parts.

When one looks at the parts, and visually sees how they operate, then one will never run the unit with anything but totally down. Not even to test anything to do with rotating the engine.

My damaged parts are on show, just to indicate to other users of what happens.

Bruce.
 
There are several connections in the starter power line including, I believe, two solonoids. If you can put a meter on the battery and see what the voltage is initially - s/b greater than 12.5 volts - and what it drops to when you try to start. If the voltage doesn't drop much, you either have a dirty connection of some contact is not closing. You may need to trace the voltage line from the battery thru the solonoids to the starter. If the starter has 12+ volts going to it, then you may have a bad starter.

The outdrive raise/lower is a little funky on these,, using an electric moter with a one-shot impact type system. Usually the problem in raising not lowering. You might have dry lubricant on the pins the outdrive roataes on. I had that on mine and after I took them apart and greased them really good, things worked much better.

The fact that it doesn't lower lends credence to the bad connection or possibly weak battery. These system like a really hot battery. I try to keep mine as close to 13volts as I can. Hope this helps, Ken
 
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