96 GT-40 would not start

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  • kateye57
    • Jan 2005
    • 26



    96 GT-40 would not start

    Saturday I put the boat in and it wouldn't start. The fuel pump cycled but motor would not turn over. Sunday I wiggled the wires and two relays on back of engine, wiggled kill switch and engaged throttle/tranmission level too forward and reverse once hit the key and it started. Any ideas on what it might have been?
  • DavidF
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Sep 2004
    • 611

    • Austin, TX


    #2
    RE: 96 GT-40 would not start

    ...a bad connection? Clean them all and make sure they are tight.

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    • Sbt3
      • Dec 2004
      • 164

      • Okauchee Wisconsin


      #3
      RE: 96 GT-40 would not start

      my guess is the kill switch. I had a similar thing happen to my 97 last year. It would start for 1/2 sec then die. I got rid of the kill switch (lanyard). I just tied the wires together. Obviously if you think you are going to fall out of the boat and religiously wear the lanyard I would replace it, if not then just bypass it.

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