My first

Lookin forward to it Don't for get if ya don't have one yet score a test light, you should be able to find one cheap at your local auto parts store.

[CHANCE1234]

I did some tests, however some of them i can't do becuase i don't know where to put the positive and negeative to see if the thing is working. this is what i got: Battery no load (pos to neg on battery) 12.7V, battery with load (same setup except with key turned) 12.5V. Some one here says that if it dosen't drop a full volt that the starting circuit is bad. What does that mean? also checked the slave selonoid (i think) by going positive battery terminal to positive side of slave with load and then without load. got 0V no load and the same with load. I put the positive side of meter on stater selonoid positve cable and the neg on starter case and got 12.7V Now the way this is wired goes something like this: The positve battery cable is coming from battery directly to the starter selonoid, then some wires go from there to the wiring harness and some go to the slave selonoid and some go ?? Does this seem right. It seems to me that the pos battery cable would go to the slave first and then back to the other selonoid then to the starter. why would it go from starter selonoid to slave back to starter?? I don't get it. What does this tell you guys if anything. Thanks for everything

[Capt Chuck]

What does this tell you guys if anything

Tell that Scum Bag electrician to get it right or refund the $3K

I am sitting here checking out a mercruiser wiring diagram and if your system is merc and original there sould be a yellow wire going out from the key switch through the enginr harness connector to the engage terminal on the slave solenoid and the slave solenoid should have the battery pos. cable from the circuit breaker connected to one side and from that terminal to the large start terminal on the starter and the other side of the slave solenoid should have a yellow wire that should be connected to the starter solenoid terminal that is mounted on the starter basically the slave is just a relay for the starter solenoid engage signal. Also noticed that the electric choke gets voltage from the yellow wire between the slave solenoid and the starter solinoid.

Scott

[RODMAN]

Sorry Chance,
Bad storm ,power went out.Just got back on line.See you have a lot of help.That the norm here.Great bunch of guys.It will all work out for you.

[oldfielder]

If the starting circuit is bad it is not drawing-the problem could be any number of things. I know you checked the grounds in earlier posts,but did you take the main grounds off of the block, clean surface and put them back on. You should be able to find them-check the stud coming from the block and check the terminal on your ground wire. If the grounds are new (from re-wire), something may have gone wrong when he tightened everything back up-maybe a gound went bad after you ran the boat for a while. All of your new parts are certainly narrowing it down to wire or connection, and if the wireis new, I'm guessing connection. My mercrusier has two block gounds on the back of the block-they can definitely get sketchy if not checked once in a while.
This is turning into an old-fashioned barnraising.

[BA17]

This thread is like a soap opera, I just cannot wait to see the latest developments. I can't wait to check in to see what is going on. I also second Chuck's commments. For 3k he would either be at my house until the problem was corrected or I would be at his house until the problem was corrected.

Good luck,

BA

[CHANCE1234]

Well boys, many thanks to all here, especially Scott. I called him this afternoon and with in 10 minutes he had it figured out. Turns out that a wire was going to the wrong terminal on the back of the stater selonoid. I know it was nothing i did wrong as it was making the clicking sound before i changed the starter. Never the less, thank you Scott and everyone else. What a great site. you guys rock!!!!!!!!

Elijah