starting problem help!!!!

skeeterman · 03-14-08, 09:29 PM

Ok here is whats happening.When i try to start my motor it drags.But if i take a spark plug out it turns like no tomorrow.I have a new battery 675 cca.Can anyone tell me whats wrong.I have a 1989 yamaha pro 50 motor

skeeterman · 03-15-08, 01:52 AM

Someone please help.Can it be the starter?

zooker · 03-15-08, 05:38 AM

take the starter to auto zone and have them test it..it is free and there machine can tell you want is wrong with it...

to be honest that dont sound a whole lot like a starter issue. more of a wiring issue. check your wire connections you may have a short some wheres..

on second thought remove the bolts and see if they are rusty. yammer moters only have one wire to the starter they are grounded thru the moter by the starter bolts..

zooker

skeeterman · 03-15-08, 09:23 AM

When i try to start the motor testing the volts at the starter its like 6volts

boater · 03-15-08, 09:47 AM

did you check ground wires? It sounds like you have a bad new battery have you tried to jump it?

skeeterman · 03-15-08, 11:19 AM

I jumped it straight from the battery and it still did it. So im guessing its the starter.This is even with a brand new battery.

zooker · 03-15-08, 02:13 PM

boater means you have a DEAD new battery..this happens thats why they warranty the dern things..

zooker

skeeterman · 03-15-08, 04:46 PM

Well guys thanks for the help but its not the battery.The two screws that goes into the starter were to tight causing binding.Now she starts at the slightest bump.Those two screws were going to cost me 395.00 lol.Thats the price for a starter .Im glad i kept at it and never gave up.

lunker-lander · 03-15-08, 08:48 PM

Glad you got 'er started for that price!

-Lunk-

1FASTLASER · 03-16-08, 05:43 AM

Skeeterman,
Sorry I didnt see this earlier but lemme give ya a piece of advise and for that matter everyone that is reading. On CCA of the battery you always need to go as big as the place the battery is going and as the wallet will alow. The main engine is the only thing sometimes between hauling butt in and making the weigh in or beating bad weather or whatever. Also alot of people dont realize that on todays engines say starting at 1990 till present are voltage sensitive. 90% of the engines made today have power packs and/or ECU's and low voltage is just as detrimental as high voltage. You stand the rish of blowing an expensive ECU or a power pack if the voltage is right when firing her up.
Just a headsup so folks know this when buying battery's.

skeeterman · 03-16-08, 06:43 PM

Well i took it out today for the first time since buying the boat last weekend.Everything went very good.The only bad part was i didn't get not even a bite lol.But i was glad just to be able to ride today lol.

bcklash · 03-16-08, 08:20 PM

Hey laser, just in the past week me and the bassinbandit installed lowrance 520c unit on our boat. When we start the big engine the 520c would turn off, went from a 625 ca to a 1025 ca and cleared up our problem, Just to small of a battery.

1FASTLASER · 03-17-08, 05:03 AM

Thats exactly what happened. When you went to crank the battery for a split moment lost enough juice that the unit didnt have enough voltage to run. A PRIME example of what I was explaining in the earlier post.

boater · 03-18-08, 04:05 PM

Preach on brother I find that goes for TM's too get the biggest lb thrust the wallet allows

03-14-08, 09:29 PM	#1
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	starting problem help!!!! Ok here is whats happening.When i try to start my motor it drags.But if i take a spark plug out it turns like no tomorrow.I have a new battery 675 cca.Can anyone tell me whats wrong.I have a 1989 yamaha pro 50 motor

03-15-08, 05:38 AM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	take the starter to auto zone and have them test it..it is free and there machine can tell you want is wrong with it... to be honest that dont sound a whole lot like a starter issue. more of a wiring issue. check your wire connections you may have a short some wheres.. on second thought remove the bolts and see if they are rusty. yammer moters only have one wire to the starter they are grounded thru the moter by the starter bolts.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-15-08, 02:13 PM	#7
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	boater means you have a DEAD new battery..this happens thats why they warranty the dern things.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-15-08, 08:48 PM	#9
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Glad you got 'er started for that price! -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

03-16-08, 05:43 AM	#10
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Skeeterman, Sorry I didnt see this earlier but lemme give ya a piece of advise and for that matter everyone that is reading. On CCA of the battery you always need to go as big as the place the battery is going and as the wallet will alow. The main engine is the only thing sometimes between hauling butt in and making the weigh in or beating bad weather or whatever. Also alot of people dont realize that on todays engines say starting at 1990 till present are voltage sensitive. 90% of the engines made today have power packs and/or ECU's and low voltage is just as detrimental as high voltage. You stand the rish of blowing an expensive ECU or a power pack if the voltage is right when firing her up. Just a headsup so folks know this when buying battery's. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

03-15-08, 01:52 AM	#2
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	Someone please help.Can it be the starter?

03-15-08, 09:23 AM	#4
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	When i try to start the motor testing the volts at the starter its like 6volts

03-15-08, 09:47 AM	#5
boater BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: O'Fallon Missouri Posts: 283	did you check ground wires? It sounds like you have a bad new battery have you tried to jump it?

03-15-08, 11:19 AM	#6
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	I jumped it straight from the battery and it still did it. So im guessing its the starter.This is even with a brand new battery.

03-15-08, 04:46 PM	#8
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	Well guys thanks for the help but its not the battery.The two screws that goes into the starter were to tight causing binding.Now she starts at the slightest bump.Those two screws were going to cost me 395.00 lol.Thats the price for a starter .Im glad i kept at it and never gave up.

03-16-08, 06:43 PM	#11
skeeterman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hopkins sc Posts: 122	Well i took it out today for the first time since buying the boat last weekend.Everything went very good.The only bad part was i didn't get not even a bite lol.But i was glad just to be able to ride today lol.

03-16-08, 08:20 PM	#12
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	big battery Hey laser, just in the past week me and the bassinbandit installed lowrance 520c unit on our boat. When we start the big engine the 520c would turn off, went from a 625 ca to a 1025 ca and cleared up our problem, Just to small of a battery. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

03-17-08, 05:03 AM	#13
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Thats exactly what happened. When you went to crank the battery for a split moment lost enough juice that the unit didnt have enough voltage to run. A PRIME example of what I was explaining in the earlier post. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

03-18-08, 04:05 PM	#14
boater BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: O'Fallon Missouri Posts: 283	Preach on brother I find that goes for TM's too get the biggest lb thrust the wallet allows

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