Surprised the kids today when i got home and said lets go to lake perris. I hooked her up and took off. Got it off the trailer and was ready to go. I turned the key and the starter just kept turning i quickly grabed the back of the ignition cause my initial thought was that the ignition switch turned and wasnt going back. Seconds later i jumped to the back and shut the batteries off. Put it right back on the trailer and came home. Now i get a click at the coil but nothing at the starter. I have 2 battery tenders one for each battery. Ill be plugging them in to get back to normal hoping the extended starter turn over just drained the batteries but thats me just hoping. Any thoughts. Bbf

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 Either the starter solenoid contact has welded itself to the contact posts or the relay has stuck, if so equipped.   Does your boat have a relay in the solenoid line (it should but not all boats do)? Either situation will give you a "stuck" starter. Usually after cutting power the stuck contact will drop out of engagement,  but will stick again the next time you energize it. If it's a relay failure,  its an easy replacement. If it's the starter sol, you CAN replace it, but you have to partially disassemble the starter to do so. Most people will replace the complete starter assy at this point.  Hopefully it's a top mount.

If the starter keeps turning after the key is released, it's NOT a stuck Bendix drive. The electrical contact in the solenoid (or relay if so equipped) is welding itself shut and not dropping out. This happens when they get old and the copper coating gets burned off the steel contact plate.

Is this a Ford or Chevy?


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Last part of his post.
Bbf.

Old fords did not have a solenoid on the starter.

Just a 'fender' mount solenoid, usually near the starter, maybe mounted on the rear of the head, or on the bell housing.

Newer 460's had an integral solenoid, much like gm starters. I still use a Ford solenoid with my gm starters, both trucks and boats.

Sometimes the bendix gets rusty from the bilge, and perform less than stellar.

That's all I got.

Dan'l

If the wire at the starter is hold to the starter, is hot when you turn the to start. The starter is bad, or the bendix is stuck in the fly wheel.  Again hit the starter a couple times with a hammer.


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Is there a difference besides appearance id prefer the other style cause of where its mounted

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Also, don’t forget to clean your ground connections while your at it.


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Either the starter solenoid contact has welded itself to the contact posts or the relay has stuck, if so equipped.   Does your boat have a relay in the solenoid line (it should but not all boats do)? Either situation will give you a "stuck" starter. Usually after cutting power the stuck contact will drop out of engagement,  but will stick again the next time you energize it. If it's a relay failure,  its an easy replacement. If it's the starter sol, you CAN replace it, but you have to partially disassemble the starter to do so. Most people will replace the complete starter assy at this point.  Hopefully it's a top mount.

Thank you for the reply. Its under the header and ill be doing research on a relay

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