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I've read the "engine trying to start" threads and not sure if same problem:
Have a new starter in a '84 Chevy 229ci 3.8 that spins, cranks just fine with coil wire removed but as soon as I reconnect ignition and try key starter almost immediately kicks out/all comes to HALT with engine not...
I have what i'm pretty sure is a 1984 OMC Chevy 229 3.8L V6 sterndrive (attached to a 18ft Mercedes boat bowrider) . . .
and, on passenger side lower block forward, there's a Freeze Plug that appears to have popped out! It's directly inside the engine mount which consists of a "unit" that has...
