CRANK N CHARGE Trim Solenoid Relay Switch Replacement For Mercury Mercruiser Marine 12 Volt 4 Terminal 35-150HP 89-846070 89-94318 89-96158T

Bought as a replacement for MerCruiser part number 89-96158T to use as a slave starter solenoid on my starboard MerCruiser 350 mag MPI horizon in-board engine (5.7L). I had engine starting problems that I isolated to the solenoid. This one looked identical to the OEM and the bolt pattern matched up. I have been burned by bolt patterns not aligning in the past, so I was pleasantly surprised. Greased all the terminals with dielectric grease in bolted it on and the engine fired right up, the first time! And successive times afterwards. I only made this repair three days ago, so I have limited testing. I can't comment on the longevity of this part, but I can say it's a form fit and function match for the 89- 96158T. Unlike other reviewers I was not using this for trim tabs, but for engine starting. I didn't see any other reviews like this, so I thought I should add one. I'm buying another one shortly to have on hand because it's only a matter of time before the port engine solenoid goes up! And for $15 it's worth it to not be stranded.

I'm very happy with this. Not much to report. My mercruiser is 31 years old now. A year ago I had to replace two 30-year old relay switches on the trim motor, and that fixed the problem with the trim motor not functioning correctly. Two weeks ago the boat wouldn't start, and so I replaced the relay switch (same exact item as the trim motor switches) and that fixed the starting problem. These are well built and I've had no problems. Easy and cheap to fix yourself.

My Solenoid came in today and I installed it. The holes aligned up fine on my plate. Its working fine so far. Thank You so much Crank N Charge. Will follow up in two weeks on progressn of Unit.Ok Its been more than two weeks I know. I have been using my boat I think enough to know that I will be ordering more of these units very soon. Still working ok, and my motor is a mercury black maxx xr4.6-11-15I should have put dates on here so u guys could know how long its been since my purchase. But wanted to let you know that its still working just fine. I order another one since last update and received my package as well. Great product guys. I hope this helps someone out there, if u were thinking of buying

Everything worked and was well packaged. Even though only one solenoid had failed, I ordered two so that I would not have to take everything back apart when the second eventually failed. Both solenoids came with replacement nuts, as is common for that type of electronics. The stud threads all matched, but the nut wrench flats were all different sizes. Not a huge deal, just an inconvenience to find and get out twice as many metric wrenches. This is why I dropped one star.

Fit perfectly and solved my starter problems. The motor fired up on the first turn of the key after replacing the original solenoid with this one. It was an exact match of the starter slave solenoid that came on my 2006 5.7L Mercruiser 350 MPI Mag engine. This is also the same solenoid that is used on the Mercruiser trim unit. I bought two more two replace the ones on my trim unit because they are beginning to fail. Only $14 or so on Amazon where they are around $25 from a marina.

Fixed my trim up on my 4.3 Mercruiser. Go ahead and replace the down solenoid while you're in there- it's the same part. Then you don't have to worry about it for many more years.

Installed on a 2002 4.3L Mercruiser to fix starting problem. Exact fit for original and even came with nuts and washers. Bought 2 for the price of one OEM, so I can have a spare on the boat in case one of the 3 (1 starter & 2 trim) goes bad in the future.

Replacing solenoid from 1994 4.3L MercruserSeems to be same part. Came with hardware and plastic terminal cover. Base is the same including mounting holes. Four stars because haven't installed yet and tried. Hope this helps someone. Update..Replaced and engine started fine. You will need to retain the base plate bolts,they are not included 5 stars.