"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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Just got my boat back from the shop for new throttle cable, trim seals
and oil tank overfilling.

I get home, want to test boat, hook up the water, turn key and all's I
get is a spinning of the starter motor.

I see that the gear of the starter motor is below the flywheel,
basically spinning free. I'm not much of a mechanic, but I can
surmise that the starter gear must somehow mesh with the flywheel to
turn the motor over. Looking at the service manual, it doesn't look
like anything complicated. Is the starter gear supposed to move up on
the shaft as it spins? I don't get it!!! I am mad as heck.



Most of the time if the starter drive gear is not rusted on the shaft, the
battery is too low or there is a connection problem with the terminals or
cables resulting in the starter not spinning over fast enough to "drive" the
gear up to engage the flywheel teeth. Check the battery charge and make sure
all the connections are clean and shiny without any corrosion or rust on
them.

Bill Grannis
service manager