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20hp Johnson push-button 'start' won't crank the starter ...
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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 382915" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>20hp Johnson 1997 model, J20CREUM. This has a push-button on the front lower pan to crank the starter. </p><p></p><p>My bro gave me this motor when it had the problem and he has $$ so he just bought a new OB and that dealer told him it is the solenoid. Well I gambled $50 on a new solenoid (for the ‘free’ motor) and same thing. There’s power to the lead side of the solenoid and I get 12.8 VDC between the red lead on one side to the yellow/red wire on the other side. But pushing on the start button doesn’t crank the motor over. </p><p></p><p>It has a rope pull start too and she fires right up, so that’s good. I wonder if my brother <em>goofed something up</em> :shock: when trying to diagnose it himself, lol. </p><p></p><p>On the other side of the powerhead at the gear shift, there's a switch to prevent starting in neutral. I get continuity when the shift is in neutral and my DVM goes to ‘open’ whenever I switch to forward or reverse.</p><p></p><p>Any other ideas of how I can verify/test things to get this puppy working?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 382915, member: 15636"] 20hp Johnson 1997 model, J20CREUM. This has a push-button on the front lower pan to crank the starter. My bro gave me this motor when it had the problem and he has $$ 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 [i]goofed something up[/i] :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? [/QUOTE]
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