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Repairs and Maintenance => Engine Repair/Maintenance - All Ski Boats => Topic started by: chrisheile on September 13, 2010, 12:23:05 PM

Title: starters
Post by: chrisheile on September 13, 2010, 12:23:05 PM

recently, my father's 77 seems to go through a starter annually.  He started using real marine starters 3 years ago.  What could cause this?  It's now annually.

Title: Re: starters
Post by: Mike Harry on September 13, 2010, 12:55:15 PM

Does it turn over very hard? Or does it seem to turn over freely? If it turns over very hard you might need to put the timing light on it.

Title: Re: starters
Post by: RonT on September 13, 2010, 03:12:15 PM

Water trapped in the bellhousing is #1 cause for premature starter failure. The answer is in the bad starter, are the bearings shot & nasty looking with rusty crusty stuff??

Title: Re: starters
Post by: John Doerfler on September 16, 2010, 05:43:20 PM

I had a freeze plug rust through spraying water mist in the bellhousing giving me grief for years and didnt even know it!
John Kyle Doerfler