2004 210 w/ Excalibur 330 won't start

[SurfingCane]

I just had to pull the starter & replace the solenoid on it. Put it back in and now engine won't start up. Turns over fine but won't "fire up". Anyone have any ideas? Please help.
At starter....have 3 wires. 1 small wire(start wire), 1 large gauge heavy wire(12v+ from batt.), & 1 medium sized wire that runs up to top of motor to a terminal that what looks like a resettable circuit breaker or something that is like a "red button" with "60" on it. Other wires go from this thing to unknown locations.
Thanks for any help.


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[beach]

So the starter did not work at all before, but now the engine cranks but does not start? Did you check to see if you knocked the kill switch off? I think it cuts off power to the fuel pumps, so it would crank but not start.

[SurfingCane]

Thanks for the response beach. It did end up being the kill switch. It was on the red button thing & looked "in place" but I pulled it off & put it back on & it fired up. Weird....but glad that was all it was.
To answer your question & to hopefully help anyone else in the future with starter issues. The starter would just "click" sometimes like the batteries were dead. But I knew the batteries were good. So I pulled the starter to troubleshoot it & found that the starter solenoid was bad. So I took it to a local automotive & marine electrical shop & had the solenoid replaced & the starter motor armature cleaned & brushes checked. Got it back & put it on & it turned over just fine but wouldn't fire. So that's when I posted. So if anyone ever has an issue with the starter don't jump the gun & buy a new starter for $150+. Do some troubleshooting first. A new solenoid & labor to clean out the starter motor was only $50.

[keithh2oskier]

The kill switch happened to me yesterday. My wife launched the boat fine and then my buddy went to pull me and it was just cranking. Then we realized my toddler must have fumbled with it. Is it easy to bypass?