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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cliff" data-source="post: 2600266" data-attributes="member: 98606">wiggle all the wires.chances are you have a bad connection or a bad wire, but if its in just the right position it starts just fine.outboards you do tend to have to replace the entire battery cable at some point. the steering and tilting, the constant flexing, it ages the cables.and they are often out in the sun too which causes the insulation to age and crumble.BTW, if it was cranking but still not starting in the water, or very hard to start / rough idle, i'd say raise the idle speed and adjust it in water like you are supposed to do and NOT on land where it doesnt have teh "muffler" effect of water providing pressure on the exhuast gases to be fought through.</blockquote>