Re: 06 Mercruiser 3.0 gas
Success! Fixed and easy crank! It turns out I had the 12 point sockets in my tool box all the time. I had just never seen a 12 point bolt! Apparently a very standard type socket. In front of my face but blind to what I was looking at. Indeed the Mounting Plate on my 06' 3.0l Mercruser is afaced to the block by 3, 12 pt, 3/8th bolts. I removed two of them and left the one below the transformer (?) attached but very loose for easy reassembly/alignment, but just enough to hold the plate away from the block. I was able to pull away mounting plate for enough room, without disconecting any other parts to access the nuts to the solenoid mount on the back of the plate. It is not necessary to remove the mounting plate completely if you have a pair of long nose vice grips. I held the behind nuts for the solenoid bracket steady with the long nose vise grip pliers. If you use a wrench to hold the nuts, as you take the bolts from the nut, the nut would probally fall free into the bildge. The bolt free, you have your nut secure at the tip of your vice grips. On reassembly with the nut held securely at the end of your pliers, you may attempt many line ups to the thread bolt with out dropping the little nut. Thankfully the bolts threaded easily, first try. Upon intial finger threading the bolt to the nut, you may use you 7/16 standard socket ratchet to tighten it back up leaving the vice grips attached to prevent spinning. Now tight, hit the release to remove your long nose vice grip. Now you can rethread your other two 12 point bolts and put the whole mount plate back flush. One note. Watch out for the cotter pins on the throttle assembley that are not fully bent back. The free ends are very sharp and the equivelent of hypo needles. A painful 3 corner hole at the base of my thumb blead like a stuck hog. Thank you again for all the help. Brew
