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Offline chrisheile

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« 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.
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Offline Mike Harry

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Re: starters
« Reply #1 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.
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Offline RonT

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Re: starters
« Reply #2 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??
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Offline John Doerfler

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Re: starters
« Reply #3 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
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