i finally got my motor ready to fire but it seems like its just not getting enough juice to get a good rotation. its a 78 235 evinrude. the wierd thing is that i had a battery with a full charge in it. plus when i took this battery out my dad put it in his boat and it started his 305 sb in his 25' chris craft. however that does have two batteries and i think the one that i had was kind of old. so the way im thinking right now is that i need a new battery and that should give it enough power to turn over with a good rotation. if anyone else has encountered a similar problem and has found the solution for it i would very much appreciate the advise. so anyone with any helpfull info please lend me your wisdom. thank you and hope to hear from someone soon.
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start up problems
- Thread starter topher312
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gchildre
Member
Advance Auto Parts...
AAP will do a charge/load test on a battery for free. I bought a red top Optima battery last year from them and I couldn't get it to hold a charge this year. They tested it and swapped it out under warranty, I asked him if he had checked it on the computer and he said "no, I remember you buying it here.
They'll get my business for a while longer. The new red top Optima has worked like a charm so far.
AAP will do a charge/load test on a battery for free. I bought a red top Optima battery last year from them and I couldn't get it to hold a charge this year. They tested it and swapped it out under warranty, I asked him if he had checked it on the computer and he said "no, I remember you buying it here.
They'll get my business for a while longer. The new red top Optima has worked like a charm so far.
gchildre
Member
Topher...
If you were asking about the Optima battery I think I spent about $150 for it. The Optima's are supposed to take vibration better as they are a fiberglass mesh "six pack" battery. I usually believe that when something fails that I probably had something to do with it so I installed a single pole Perko battery rotary disconnect switch inside my rear seat box. The first battery may have failed by just having the engine/tilt/trim juice loading on it when I was driving up to the lake. I only switched the main engine cable, the stereo and other accessories are still on all the time. I do remove the battery from the boat when I am not using it and slap a quick charge on it when I go out. I also like having a spare battery in the garage, my 2002 truck still has the original battery and I keep waiting for the day it gives up.
Later on...
If you were asking about the Optima battery I think I spent about $150 for it. The Optima's are supposed to take vibration better as they are a fiberglass mesh "six pack" battery. I usually believe that when something fails that I probably had something to do with it so I installed a single pole Perko battery rotary disconnect switch inside my rear seat box. The first battery may have failed by just having the engine/tilt/trim juice loading on it when I was driving up to the lake. I only switched the main engine cable, the stereo and other accessories are still on all the time. I do remove the battery from the boat when I am not using it and slap a quick charge on it when I go out. I also like having a spare battery in the garage, my 2002 truck still has the original battery and I keep waiting for the day it gives up.
Later on...
Chris E
Well-known member
boat batteries because of the intermittent use they get, last about 5 years before they are junk. i've gotten 10 years out of some by charging them once a month over the winter. i've also switched from 550 mca batteries to 1000 mca (mercury suggestion on all optimax and efi engines) seems to work ok.