On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:31:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 21, 9:36*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:06:28 -0400, bpuharic wrote:
as y'all know, i replaced a starter in my boat, started it from the
upper helm station and promptly destroyed the starter. *tim helped me
understand the starter switch is probably staying engaged and keeping
the bendix in the flywheel.

We had a switch stick on our Turbocraft[hull number ten, of the first
batch of jet boats ever sold in the US] once. It trashed the starter.
Unfortunately the Graymarine six had the flywheel on the wrong end and
starters were scarce. It had a crank nut on the front of the flywheel,
so we went to a junkyard and got a crank.

Casady

It's possible that a Chris Craft starter would have worked, that is if
it was the same bolt patern. But if it was a top loader, and if you
had access to an international Harvester dealership, they probably had
most of the parts to repair the starter.


But that was then and this is now.

In the event, it was a Buick starter that fit the thing, and it took a
couple of weeks to get it. It started on the first kick, every time.
Flywheel was on opposite end from the driveshaft.That is, on the
front.

Casady