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Invader…. Thank you again. In fact I ordered the brace 2 days ago. I did not have it before.
As you can obviously see, I am an enthusiast but don’t know much. I am soaking what you are sharing. Thank you all for the input.
One thing I forgot to mention. The oil pan was removed and replaced due to oil leak a month or two back. Has anyone heard of the oil pan interfering with the mating of the starter to the engine?
I have had at least 3 bolts breaking in the last 2 years. I extracted and replaced them without problem. I have no good explanation of why they keep breaking. I was getting fed up with it.
I have mercruiser 3.0. I had a broken starter bolt which I extracted and replaced with mercruiser original starter bolt. Since then my starter is not working while installed on the engine.
It works fine when bench tested and as long as I install one of the 2 bolts. I have to leave the bolt...
I run into a curious problem…. In my mercruiser 3.0 the throttle control is acting like an ignition switch.
When I tried to start the boat (in neutral) nothing happens. When I move the throttle control lever to forward, the engine starts (the strange thing is I did not even have to turn the key...
