Hello All,
Been quite a week so far. ARGH!
Today I went to the boat and fired her right up, then she was not quite warmed and stalled out. No worries, just needed more warming is all. So I went to start her again and she made this horrible clatter like the starter was turning, but the teeth were not engaged or something.
When I looked around I noticed the inspection cover on the upper left corner of the flywheel cover and figured it was used to inspect the starter tooth engagement, so I went ahead and removed it. As I was loosening the bolts there was pressure against the cover so I went slow. Not slow enough to keep a screw from falling in the bilge, but slow non the less. What I found as you can all probably imagine, was a hand full of parts that came off the end of the starter shaft. The castle nut apparently lost its cotter pin or it was non existent from the PO, but it is what it is.
Now the question is.............what do I have in my hand and how do I reinstall it so I can give this another whirl?
I tried to move the shaft back and forth in the starter, nice and snug, no play. Ok cool. Tried to put the parts back on but the spring and sleeve parts would not go on far enough to allow me to put the castle nut back on. Only a few threads were exposed.
Is there an exploded view of this part of the starter floating around somewhere I could look at to get a better understanding?
Cheers,
David & Karen
Been quite a week so far. ARGH!
Today I went to the boat and fired her right up, then she was not quite warmed and stalled out. No worries, just needed more warming is all. So I went to start her again and she made this horrible clatter like the starter was turning, but the teeth were not engaged or something.
When I looked around I noticed the inspection cover on the upper left corner of the flywheel cover and figured it was used to inspect the starter tooth engagement, so I went ahead and removed it. As I was loosening the bolts there was pressure against the cover so I went slow. Not slow enough to keep a screw from falling in the bilge, but slow non the less. What I found as you can all probably imagine, was a hand full of parts that came off the end of the starter shaft. The castle nut apparently lost its cotter pin or it was non existent from the PO, but it is what it is.
Now the question is.............what do I have in my hand and how do I reinstall it so I can give this another whirl?
I tried to move the shaft back and forth in the starter, nice and snug, no play. Ok cool. Tried to put the parts back on but the spring and sleeve parts would not go on far enough to allow me to put the castle nut back on. Only a few threads were exposed.
Is there an exploded view of this part of the starter floating around somewhere I could look at to get a better understanding?
Cheers,
David & Karen
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