Starter not cranking

[matthewl16]

good aftenoon I have a 1989 Mercruiser 3.0, I was on the water a few days ago and went to pull anchor and restart after sitting for about an hour and the starter solenoid clicked and the voltage guage dropped to about 11.5-12v but no cranking i assumed a dead battery but I cleaned all the battery and starter contacts just in case and and after about 4-5 turns of the key the thing fires right up. I brought her home and replaced the battery wires but I'm still having the same problem. I've been told that my starter is going and I need to replace it but I'm not looking foward to spending $200 on a new starter. I've herd that I can pull the starter and clean the brushes and misc. parts I'm wondering it there is rebuild kit out there for this starter and if any one has had any success taking these apart
thanks
-Matt

 

[Liquid_force]

Re: Starter not cranking

I had similar issues with the starter on my '89 4.3 last year (coincidentally, I had the same problem with my car over the winter too)
Bought a NEW marine starter of ebay for $85 shipped. Problem solved - turns over strong every time.