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"Hello,
please help me find a

"Hello,
please help me find a good direction to go with my evinrude selectric 55.
Problem: I turn the key and the engine cranks and runs only as long as I have the key turned. Restating.. when the ignition switch is released the motor stops running."
 
hi hope this gives you a good

hi hope this gives you a good starting point. chk the wires at the ign swich for loose or possiable broken wires.it is also possiable that the swich could be bad.also you might want to chk connections at motor.always try to start with the simlpe solutions. iv'e never had this piticulre problem my self also neutral swich might be worth chking to .hope ths helps.
 
"Thank you for responding. Ig

"Thank you for responding. Ignition seems fine. However, I just replaced the neutral forward and reverse switch and the prop turns while trying to start. In fact it turns clockwise regardless of NF or R depressed. How do I check neutral switch?

I thought this was my next fix. Are the two related? What do you reccomend that I do next.

Thank you Stephen"
 
hi to test the neutral swich y

hi to test the neutral swich you will need a volt ohm meter use on the contunity setting. disconnect the wires from the swich. it dosen't matter which test lead gose where.then with test leads connected to swich manually push swich and meter should go to 0.0 or so if swich is good.the prop turning could be a stuck fwd shifting solinoid in the lower unit thus eng should not start when in gear. can you get a manual?? steve
 
"Again thank you Stephen.. I a

"Again thank you Stephen.. I appreciate the help. I probably should get a manual --- i have manuals for all the other broken stuff I gratefully own. haha.

The switch has good continuity, I am guessing that I should check to see if I have a fwd shifting solinoid that is stuck. Should I have a manual to check and unstick the gearing? how might I go about making the repair?"
 
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