Starter issues on a Honda BF150

[rogerl]

Hi,
I had my boat out on the ocean this past Sunday. Leaving the dock, I foolishly got outside of the channel (at slow speed) and partially on a shallow mudflat. There was no problem backing the boat off a few feet. I continued on for another two hours with no issues. I then turned the 150 off and ran from crab pot to crab pot with my 9.9 kicker motor.
Come time to leave, the big motor would not start. It sounded like the starter solenoid would not engage. I replaced to starter and I have the same issue with the new starter. The prop turns freely when in neutral and turns with resistance when in gear. The resistance seems okay when compared with the kicker motor and the sparkplugs are in, etc.
I hope this is not a result of the run onto the mud flat (again, the motor ran fine for 2 hours with no vibration, etc. )
Is there a secondary solenoid switch in addition to the one on the starter?
Any help/ feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger

 

[makomark]

I would by making g sure the control is in neutral...

 

[Lepke]

Check all your cable connections and the grounds, too.
You have the same problem with 2 starters, so it's not likely the starter.
Next likely problem is the grounding flexed the hull and maybe affected a connection.
Try jumping the starter solenoid.

 

[rogerl]

Hi Lepke,
We found the problem last week by basically doing exactly that. I have a junction block that was "out of sight, out of mind" that I had neglected to service. Thank you for the reply.
Roger