Reply To: Electric start issue

[Don]

Good point Tubs, gotta start at the beginning, the battery.  Check the cells and do a load test.  And yeah Bill, figured you were headed down that road, but the OMC manuals really lay out the procedure nicely.  In my younger days, the drop test seemed nuts to me.  Not that I have aged, it finally makes sense.  But, like you say, a shorted starter will skew the drop test.  This test procedure really helps identify the actual issue without replacing expensive parts and adding more confusion.