Ok I removed the spark plugs and pushed the pistons down and they moved freely is that the same as spinning the coupler
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- Thread starter TURBO JET
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Ok I guess I’ll try that
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Did you bench test your new starter before you installed it? Did it spin on the bench?
If not, if you can't hear the starter spin in the ski, it is likely the solenoid:
Out of the ski, hook your old starter up to the battery (ground hooked up, touch positive temporarily). If it spins, it was not your old starter.
You may be able to do the same with your current starter in the ski by bypassing the solenoid/relay and going directly to battery.
The bendix is just passive, it engages when the starter spins it out. I guess it could get so gunked up so as to prevent the starter from spinning, but you would have noticed that if you had the stator/flywheel cover off.
Bypass the E-box by leaving starter in the engine and engine in the ski and touch positive starter lead directly to battery and see if the engine turns over.
If it does, it is your solenoid.
If not, if you can't hear the starter spin in the ski, it is likely the solenoid:
Out of the ski, hook your old starter up to the battery (ground hooked up, touch positive temporarily). If it spins, it was not your old starter.
You may be able to do the same with your current starter in the ski by bypassing the solenoid/relay and going directly to battery.
The bendix is just passive, it engages when the starter spins it out. I guess it could get so gunked up so as to prevent the starter from spinning, but you would have noticed that if you had the stator/flywheel cover off.
Bypass the E-box by leaving starter in the engine and engine in the ski and touch positive starter lead directly to battery and see if the engine turns over.
If it does, it is your solenoid.
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Not really. Reach into the back of the hull, spin the coupler each direction both times. Counterclockwise is the way to spin it backwards. I would doubt the bendix would allow it to only click without ever coming unstuck, but you never know. If you don't have a multimeter (preferred) get a test light and go through the electrical. Everyone has said the same stuff, just in different ways of saying it. I will dumb it down as easy as I can.
1) spin coupler a couple of times in both directions, try the button
2)check battery voltage with multimeter (your charger/tender isn't a good reference). If above 12v go to next step
3) take test light or multimeter and ground it to battery negative. Go from positive battery cable to + connection on starter (do not poke the insulation on wire as this will cause corrosion later.) If light lights up, solenoid is doing its job (unless it is creating a high resistance and dropping voltage... Use DMM, make sure you have close to battery voltage.) If full voltage it's starter or bendix stuck. If not full voltage it's before. Now work backwards....
4) go from starter back into ebox. Check voltage across the solenoid (or bypass with 4 gauge wire or larger to test.)
Keep it simple. Do what everyone is trying to help with. It's the easiest circuit to diagnose since we know that the start stop is working. Remember "new" parts aren't always good parts. Things are not "new" on an old ski so it can be a combination of issues. If you need help send me a pm and I'll give you my number to walk you through it.
Thank you I was out all day today I put aside tomorrow to work on it thank you everyone