Turn the key, hit the starter button and sometimes get nothing. A few moments later, contact is made and away we go. How does one access the inside of that "button"?? On my Hunter 31, there is no access from the backside (glassed in) and taking out the screws in the Yanmar faceplate does not release the panel. There has to be a way to clean the contact. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. I'm currently cruising and about 100 miles from home. -Thanks, Michel O'
Tempermental starter button
- Thread starter Michael O16041
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You are right the connections or wires are likely weak. After replacing the starter button and finding no improvement. My solution was to buy an inexpensive DC relay from Radio Shack. Install close to the starter using the wires from your current starter button. Here is a write up I recently did in the Hunter 34 section: A DC relay is a small plastic box about 1"x1". It has high side and low side current connectors. To install you disconnect from the solenoid's small middle terminal the wire from the starter switch. This starter switch wire is then connected to the low current side of the relay box. A second low current side wire is sent to ground making a circuit - when the starter button is pushed. Then add a new wire from the solenoid's terminal (the one wired to the battery). Connect this new wire to the high current side of the relay. The other high current side of the relay is then connected to the small middle terminal on the solenoid. When the starter button is pushed the relay triggers the high current to flow to the solenoid, which in turn sends current to the engine's starter. I have used this relay for over two years and it works every time.
You are right the connections or wires are likely weak. After replacing the starter button and finding no improvement. My solution was to buy an inexpensive DC relay from Radio Shack. Install close to the starter using the wires from your current starter button. Here is a write up I recently did in the Hunter 34 section: A DC relay is a small plastic box about 1"x1". It has high side and low side current connectors. To install you disconnect from the solenoid's small middle terminal the wire from the starter switch. This starter switch wire is then connected to the low current side of the relay box. A second low current side wire is sent to ground making a circuit - when the starter button is pushed. Then add a new wire from the solenoid's terminal (the one wired to the battery). Connect this new wire to the high current side of the relay. The other high current side of the relay is then connected to the small middle terminal on the solenoid. When the starter button is pushed the relay triggers the high current to flow to the solenoid, which in turn sends current to the engine's starter. I have used this relay for over two years and it works every time.
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