Super Jet starter quit?

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Dnt look to bad could still b locked up

 

[bansheebill]

for somereason I thought it was gonna be nasty lookin guess I should put it back together and rule out the solenoid before I go any further

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

make sure it works while your in there should b able to put it back into position, grab the gear and spin it and it should push out to fly wheel

 

[BruceSki]

hard to tell if that red is grease or rust but just by looking at those pictures it looks fine to me. You really should yank the flywheel and check the action on the bendix though if you are nervous about it. You've already got it disassembled far enough. The flywheel is only one step further.

 

[bansheebill]

ok put that stuff back together and jumped the solenoid it rolled over slow so I put the battery charger on it for a few and it spun fast so I assume this means my solenoid is bad?

 

[BruceSki]

No that means your battery is bad/weak or you have high resistance/bad cables.

Or what a few people have suggested already, bad grounds. If you dot have a good ground you have poor or no current flow. That will make you think components are bad.

 

[bansheebill]

well my battery/starter connections are freshly sanded the connects on the solenoid look clean as can be anywhere else for a bad ground to cause this? I bought a wet jet earlier this week so tomorrow I can do some swaping to eliminate things what order would you suggest I start with part swaps?

 

[BruceSki]

Try to swap the starter first and see what happens.

Your sure you have a fresh and fully charged battery?

I know you said its charged but was it load tested? Sometimes they will read good but drop voltage under a load.

 

[bansheebill]

no im not positive took it to the battery store the guy put a hand held device on the terminals and told me it is fully charged and good. im starting not to believe that maybe I should stick this battery is the wet jet and see what happens?

 

[BruceSki]

That or try a known good battery. You might be driving yourself crazy over a junk battery.

 

[Tyrant1919]

Get a nice digital Multimeter that can measure volts, Ohms, etc... Ohm the out of everything. You have no idea how usefull having an Ohm meter is. It'll tell you if you have a weak ground instantly.

 

[swannysxr]

Get a nice digital Multimeter that can measure volts, Ohms, etc... Ohm the out of everything. You have no idea how usefull having an Ohm meter is. It'll tell you if you have a weak ground instantly.

something can test out fine with ohm test, but still fail under load. Voltage drop test will tell you in an instant.

 

[bansheebill]

well I think it was just the solenoid I saepped the ebox from the wetjet in several configurations and it fires up real easy im thinkin it was the solenoid all along but I bought tw0 new battires today + full ebox swap cause the wet jet was a lot nicer

 

[deftons56]

Glad you got it fixed, wish I could have responded earlier to save you some work, lol.

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[bansheebill]

well not really fixed had to get towed today anybody have any ideas on what to check now? it has a new s/s switch new battery different solenoid I feel like ive been over every connection twice????

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

What it do, just wouldnt turn over, u could have a bad lightning coil and not keeping the battery charged

 

[bansheebill]

it was doing absolutely nothing couldn't even hear a click battery is all good was running the bilge while stranded when I got home it fired up right away stoped and restarted 3 times in a row. before I left for the lake this am first time I hit the button I got nothing I think it fired on the 3rd try so I knew I had probs before I left killed it afew times while I was out and it took lots o button pushes to restart but the last time I may have sat dead in the water for an hour before I took a tow

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Been there had to swim my ski
200 yds one time

 

[BruceSki]

Check and clean grounds and or replace cables. My guess is you have a cable that's crusty or cracked on the inside.

 

[deftons56]

Check and clean grounds and or replace cables. My guess is you have a cable that's crusty or cracked on the inside.

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