20hp Johnson 1997 model, J20CREUM. This has a push-button on the front lower pan to crank the starter.
My bro gave me this motor when it had the problem and he has $$ so he just bought a new OB and that dealer told him it is the solenoid. Well I gambled $50 on a new solenoid (for the ‘free’ motor) and same thing. There’s power to the lead side of the solenoid and I get 12.8 VDC between the red lead on one side to the yellow/red wire on the other side. But pushing on the start button doesn’t crank the motor over.
It has a rope pull start too and she fires right up, so that’s good. I wonder if my brother goofed something up :shock: when trying to diagnose it himself, lol.
On the other side of the powerhead at the gear shift, there's a switch to prevent starting in neutral. I get continuity when the shift is in neutral and my DVM goes to ‘open’ whenever I switch to forward or reverse.
Any other ideas of how I can verify/test things to get this puppy working?
My bro gave me this motor when it had the problem and he has $$ so he just bought a new OB and that dealer told him it is the solenoid. Well I gambled $50 on a new solenoid (for the ‘free’ motor) and same thing. There’s power to the lead side of the solenoid and I get 12.8 VDC between the red lead on one side to the yellow/red wire on the other side. But pushing on the start button doesn’t crank the motor over.
It has a rope pull start too and she fires right up, so that’s good. I wonder if my brother goofed something up :shock: when trying to diagnose it himself, lol.
On the other side of the powerhead at the gear shift, there's a switch to prevent starting in neutral. I get continuity when the shift is in neutral and my DVM goes to ‘open’ whenever I switch to forward or reverse.
Any other ideas of how I can verify/test things to get this puppy working?