On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:20:25 +0000, Alan Hannas wrote:

I spent an hour on Susquehanna River the other day trying to get my
boat (1999 FourWinns/5.0L VP) started.

The details a

Sounds like you know about this, but you didn't mention it, so...how about
the neutral switch (the one that only lets you start when the drive is in
neutral). Did you try jiggling the shift lever?

Also, I had a similar problem on my 1983 Mercruiser 120 - turned out that
this engine has TWO solenoids, and one had failed.

Lloyd