I posted this in a PWC forum specific to Tigershark PWCs, but turns out there's not a lot of traffic for 21 year old, discontinued PWCs. lol. So, I thought I'd try here. Here's the post:
Last summer, I hit a rock, broke off the guard plate on the bottom, unknowingly. That night while tied to the dock, my Tigershark Daytona 1000 sank in salt water. I fished it out, brought it home and after lots of fresh water and lots of mystery oil, she came back to life and ran again. I fixed the plate, the hole, went for a ride on the lake and all was well again...sort of.
Towards the end of the season last year, the starter would spin when i hit the start button but not turn over the engine. With a few knocks on the starter with a piece of wood, it would engage and I could get it to start. I winterized it and that was that.
Thinking the starter was bad, I replaced it this week. After doing so, it still just spins when I hit start and no amount of hitting the new starter changes anything. What could be causing the starter not to engage?
Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.
Last summer, I hit a rock, broke off the guard plate on the bottom, unknowingly. That night while tied to the dock, my Tigershark Daytona 1000 sank in salt water. I fished it out, brought it home and after lots of fresh water and lots of mystery oil, she came back to life and ran again. I fixed the plate, the hole, went for a ride on the lake and all was well again...sort of.
Towards the end of the season last year, the starter would spin when i hit the start button but not turn over the engine. With a few knocks on the starter with a piece of wood, it would engage and I could get it to start. I winterized it and that was that.
Thinking the starter was bad, I replaced it this week. After doing so, it still just spins when I hit start and no amount of hitting the new starter changes anything. What could be causing the starter not to engage?
Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.