1216bandit
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Aug 18, 2008
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I'm posting this for a friend. His boat is a 91 Renken 19' cuddy 3.0 cobra with a broken starter bolt. He brought the boat in to have the starter checked and the dealer tells him a bolt is broken and the engine has to be removed to fix it, quoted him $1000 for that???
I'm thinking there is some splash wall around the engine compartment that maybe is in the way....but my friend claims the dog house sits flush on the floor. My other thought is that the bolt is broken flush with the block surface and needs to be drilled and removed with an ez out type extractor, and may not be able to do this with the engine in the boat because of limited space. I just cant see engine removal for this and too me it shouldnt be more than a couple of hours in the driveway and a box of beer! Anyhow, the boat is still in winter storage but I told him I'd run it by the forum and see what others may think.
I'm thinking there is some splash wall around the engine compartment that maybe is in the way....but my friend claims the dog house sits flush on the floor. My other thought is that the bolt is broken flush with the block surface and needs to be drilled and removed with an ez out type extractor, and may not be able to do this with the engine in the boat because of limited space. I just cant see engine removal for this and too me it shouldnt be more than a couple of hours in the driveway and a box of beer! Anyhow, the boat is still in winter storage but I told him I'd run it by the forum and see what others may think.
