Had this happen to me. Mine has an obscure fuse right side facing aft,
near the starter. My fuse holder had
cracked and was intermittently permitting things to work perfectly or
not at all. Check that, and the ground
as others have mentioned.
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Cheers,
Jeff Nelson
Muir Caileag
C&C 30 - 549
Armdale Y.C.
On 2022-07-07 10:07, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
Last night, out of the blue, my engine would not turn over after a
race. Nothing at all when I push the start button. I ran the engine
before the race and all was fine and have had no issues at all this
year. Fortunately, I was able to sail the short distance to the
mooring without a problem. I will be going out to the boat later to
try to fix the problem and wanted to see if anyone had thoughts on the
problem from personal experience.
Plenty of power- batteries fully charged. I tried bridging the two
batteries just to be sure and still nothing happens.
Key switch on I can hear the fuel pump ticking over.
I measured 12V across the start button poles, which goes to zero when
pressed and my recollection is that is normal the way it is wired with
the glow plug button. I have not yet measured at the starter, as that
is a real PITA to get to.
Everything had been working fine up until that incident. The only
thing that happened during the race, (and I don’t think relevant) is
that the genoa sheet got wrapped around the engine stop pull knob at
one point. I checked and the cable and stop look fine, and the engine
should still turn over even if it were pulled, is my understanding.
It just should not start.
So I am thinking either engine ground wire or starter and plan to
clean both and try again. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks- Dave
S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
