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Wednesday I drove to the marina where my boat is winter stored. I removed all the shrinkwrap and prepped the boat for my 2017 launch. I stopped at the marina office to make an appointment to launch yesterday, Thursday at 11 AM. I then went out for lunch.

I arrived back at the boat. I then decided it would be a good idea to turn the engines over. I turned the key for the starboard engine and it cranked over as it should have. I then turned the key for the port engine and nothing, nada, zip, zilch. Nothing happened.

I took a quick check below in the engine compartment but I could not see anything out of the ordinary. Now, it was my port transmission that had been rebuilt and they had to pull the engine so they could remove the transmission to effect the rebuild.

I am thinking that when they reinstalled the engine and transmission something was not reconnected. I am hoping that it is something that simple. I can't think of anything else it could be. Both engines turned over in December and January when I went to check on them so it is only after the engine removal that it will not start.

A friend of mine suggested that I wiggle the shifter at the helm with the key turned on to the start position to make sure the neutral switch is working. I did that turning the key into the start position while moving the shift lever all the way forward and aft. Nothing happened.

Both batteries are fine so it's not the batteries. So, everyone please keep your fingers crossed that they will find and solve the problem. I am looking forward to hitting the water and getting my dock set up at my new marina.

Obviously any ideas or suggestions from members here are greatly appreciated. I will head back to the boat on Saturday.

Hoping to launch soon.

Check the obvious...grounds attached and positive attached...also, Carver runs a ground cable between the engines,,,in effect, grounding them twice, but it will affect them if it's not connected. OH...make sure the harness is plugged all the way in and the clamp ins't too tight as it could "unplug" the connector if it is tightened too much.

As they had your trans out, look at the neutral safety switch on the shift linkage. Maybe they didn't reconnect the wires or didn't set the linkage properly.
Hopefully something simple!

Slave solenoid ....... both of mine went in each of the las 2 years. When they get faulty they can mimic the shifter not being in neutral......

Cheers
Fraser

I am going to let the mechanics try to fix whatever it is. I will be back at the boat later today and will do some looking around at stuff. Maybe I can get lucky and find out what is wrong.

Thanks for all the tips.

My engines have separate battery disconnect switches, maybe yours do too.
..Aaron

AaHubb wrote:Source of the post My engines have separate battery disconnect switches, maybe yours do too.
..Aaron

Anything is possible. I will have a chance to get back to the boat next Wednesday. I will try to squeeze myself down into the engine compartment and take a look.

I got a call Tuesday that my boats engine nonstarting issue had been corrected. Wednesday I drove down to the boat. I turned the key and the port engine cranked over. Happy day. I did not get a chance to talk to the mechanic but one of the other employees said that he said it was the neutral switch on the transmission. He had to tweak the settings on that switch and the problem was solved.

I am glad that it was a simple problem and not a new issue. My feelings that it was related to the transmission rebuild look to be the correct assumption on my part. I will be headed to the marina today (Thursday) to make an appointment to launch. I am going to try for a Saturday afternoon launch. Hope they can get me in the water at that time.

Good Luck Rick, our lake level here is so high it may be the 1st of May before we launch!

mjk1040 wrote:Source of the post Good Luck Rick, our lake level here is so high it may be the 1st of May before we launch!

Thanks. I have a Saturday 3:30 PM appointment to launch. Barring any more complications let the season begin.