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Hi all,
I bought a 1999 trophy 2052 wa last year.
It's powered by a 3.0 135hp Mercruiser.
The starter has broken 3 bolts since. :facepalm:
This winter I had to have the engine pulled. The new bolts only lasted about a dozen trips.
My starter uses 2 bolts of the same length and they are not...
I bought a second hand Trophy 2052 WA 4 months ago.
This is my first boat with an i/o engine. Only been out fishing a dozen times.
Very happy with it until 2 days ago when I found one of the two bolts holding the
starter motor under the engine. :mad:
It snapped about 1/2" inside the block and...
