Good morning to the club
I have a 1968 mercury 500 50hp with a starter issue i believe. Had the motor running all seemed fine then motor stalled. I try to restart it and all i get is a clicking sound. When i turn the key to start i only hear a click. The starter doesn’t engage or spin. I cleaned all the connections and tried again with the same result. The choke works so i assume i do have power to the motor. i thinking its either the starter motor or the solenoid. How do i begin to determine where my issue is or does any have any ideas here. Again i am assuming here but i think the click is the solenoid which then leads me to the starter, could it be bad?

Is there a way to check if the solenoid is ok?
Also how do i check to see if the starter is ok

Thanks in advance
Nick