PMGR starter.

[Brosh]

yeah the reason it drops to 12.2v is that i just replaced all my battery cables with new 0 gauge, but have the old 2 ga that was originally on the starter that i am sure is causing a drop in voltage between the remote solenoid and the starter. I just haven't had time to replace that yet on my long list to bring this her back from the dead.

[wotan2525]

Well, i reached out to db electrical, i am thinking since everything else is right it has to be a bad starter, which is too bad as i have much to do to get the boat in the water and that is a set back... oh well all the lakes around me are no wake anyway because of high water levels...

If you have 12v at the starter and you are jumping it to no effect, the starter is toast. Order a new one and db will issue you a refund when you return the old one. Saves waiting for them to receive your old one before they ship out a new one.

[Brosh]

Great idea! thanks for the suggestion!

[chris young]

I read the link you posted, and all the conditions are there for a self latch on the starter solenoid. Interesting though that some of these starters actually ship with a shorting bar. Still, I would have thought that the draw the solenoid put on the free spinning starter would be enough to stop that from happening, but I guess not.

Thanks for the link.

[Brosh]

Well i got the new starter and guess what? Wouldn't start. So i wired it like you said Chris, and sure enough turned right over. I can't for the life of me figure out why though as the starter and the starter solenoid seem to get power as they are supposed to when i had it wired like i took pictures of it, but when i moved the power back to the original remote solenoid post that the starter wire was attached and left the jumper on that to the starter as well, turned right over... Anyway, all is well, time to get the rudder, prop and shaft put back in and get this boat on the water before this weekend.

Thanks for all the help!

[wotan2525]

Well i got the new starter and guess what? Wouldn't start. So i wired it like you said Chris, and sure enough turned right over. I can't for the life of me figure out why though as the starter and the starter solenoid seem to get power as they are supposed to when i had it wired like i took pictures of it, but when i moved the power back to the original remote solenoid post that the starter wire was attached and left the jumper on that to the starter as well, turned right over... Anyway, all is well, time to get the rudder, prop and shaft put back in and get this boat on the water before this weekend.

Thanks for all the help!

Very weird. I don't totally understand why Fords require the remote starter, but you could easily swap that out with a new one. They're cheap and any auto-parts shop will have one.

[Brosh]

I didn't bypass the remote starter, i just moved the starter power back to the original post rather than having it have constant power... not sure at all why this configuration works and the other doesn't since when i turn the key the starter connections all have the same power going to them regardless of which way it is wired, the only difference is the starter engages now.