how hard is to replace the starter
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how hard is to replace the starter
I had a previous question which was titled no start condition, and found out it was ( I think) the starter. I tapped what I think was the starter and the boat started. It looks like a mother f-bomb to get...
The boat is a 92 baja 240 sport.
Thanks again for all the help,
WayneO
The boat is a 92 baja 240 sport.
Thanks again for all the help,
WayneO
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Re: how hard is to replace the starter
the local merc dealer here is in the 60's. To change a starter, he pulls the engine out to do it! Does that give you an idea how hard it is ? Or then how old he is ?
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if you have to use language like " what i THINK is the starter" then you absolutely need to just hire someone qualified to fix your boat and spend YOUR time doing what you do for a living to earn the cash to pay him. you simply do not have even the most basic skills or knowledge to proceed.
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if you have to use language like " what i THINK is the starter" then you absolutely need to just hire someone qualified to fix your boat and spend YOUR time doing what you do for a living to earn the cash to pay him. you simply do not have even the most basic skills or knowledge to proceed.
A while ago I posted a ? here about a potential starter problem. I didn't get ragged on for asking questions. What I did get was helpful feed back from a few members and a few suggestions on where to start and what to look for. That's what this forum is about. No one asks a question just to get a kick in the azz.
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Re: how hard is to replace the starter
Dude,
To change my starter out I have to lean from the other side of the motor with my arms extended out under the starter to get to the bolts. Its a pain in the ARSE. Getting to the wires wasn't the problems but that far bolt under the starter is B****TCH!! And trying to hold the starter when the last bolt is removed so it doesnt drop down into the bilge. I have become a pro at tmine due to shimmming issues of the starter.
To change my starter out I have to lean from the other side of the motor with my arms extended out under the starter to get to the bolts. Its a pain in the ARSE. Getting to the wires wasn't the problems but that far bolt under the starter is B****TCH!! And trying to hold the starter when the last bolt is removed so it doesnt drop down into the bilge. I have become a pro at tmine due to shimmming issues of the starter.
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Re: how hard is to replace the starter
and you KNOW what a starter is and what it looks like. there is nothing at all wrong with anyone wanting to learn but GEEZE... do you launch into a technical repair without even knowing what the parts ARE ? thats not even rational.
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I grew up in a neighborhood of all Mercedes, BMW's,and Porsche's. It was a 'cut'm a check neighborhood.'
No knowledge at all.
Within 2 yrs of getting my liscense I figured out how to get a small block olds to 7500rpm. The next year I figured out that if I wanted to spin 7500rpm and not break parts every other week that I needed a SBC. A year after that, I figured out that I could build a different motor (BBC) and run faster shifting at a much tamer 6500-7000rpm and do so on pump gas.
So, the question is - can you deal with the wrong decisions, improper R&R, and more costly mistakes at first so you can eventually make more intelligent decisions and do more things on your own ? Or is it not worth the time, effort, and $$$ and have someone else do it ?
Both are fine and respectable to me. Just don't cry about which way you went.
BTW: this is just a starter. Not an engine rebuild or anything. Being a contortionist can be the hardest part of a starter R&R.
No knowledge at all.
Within 2 yrs of getting my liscense I figured out how to get a small block olds to 7500rpm. The next year I figured out that if I wanted to spin 7500rpm and not break parts every other week that I needed a SBC. A year after that, I figured out that I could build a different motor (BBC) and run faster shifting at a much tamer 6500-7000rpm and do so on pump gas.
So, the question is - can you deal with the wrong decisions, improper R&R, and more costly mistakes at first so you can eventually make more intelligent decisions and do more things on your own ? Or is it not worth the time, effort, and $$$ and have someone else do it ?
Both are fine and respectable to me. Just don't cry about which way you went.
BTW: this is just a starter. Not an engine rebuild or anything. Being a contortionist can be the hardest part of a starter R&R.
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Re: how hard is to replace the starter
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I grew up in a neighborhood of all Mercedes, BMW's,and Porsche's. It was a 'cut'm a check neighborhood.'
No knowledge at all.
Within 2 yrs of getting my liscense I figured out how to get a small block olds to 7500rpm. The next year I figured out that if I wanted to spin 7500rpm and not break parts every other week that I needed a SBC. A year after that, I figured out that I could build a different motor (BBC) and run faster shifting at a much tamer 6500-7000rpm and do so on pump gas.
So, the question is - can you deal with the wrong decisions, improper R&R, and more costly mistakes at first so you can eventually make more intelligent decisions and do more things on your own ? Or is it not worth the time, effort, and $$$ and have someone else do it ?
Both are fine and respectable to me. Just don't cry about which way you went.
BTW: this is just a starter. Not an engine rebuild or anything. Being a contortionist can be the hardest part of a starter R&R.
No knowledge at all.
Within 2 yrs of getting my liscense I figured out how to get a small block olds to 7500rpm. The next year I figured out that if I wanted to spin 7500rpm and not break parts every other week that I needed a SBC. A year after that, I figured out that I could build a different motor (BBC) and run faster shifting at a much tamer 6500-7000rpm and do so on pump gas.
So, the question is - can you deal with the wrong decisions, improper R&R, and more costly mistakes at first so you can eventually make more intelligent decisions and do more things on your own ? Or is it not worth the time, effort, and $$$ and have someone else do it ?
Both are fine and respectable to me. Just don't cry about which way you went.
BTW: this is just a starter. Not an engine rebuild or anything. Being a contortionist can be the hardest part of a starter R&R.
I try and do all my own repairs on my boats, I would rather screw it up once and learn then pay somebody else to do it. Ive noticed half the time the marinas have less idea how to diagnosis problems then I do.
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all this is true and completely fair enough... you get no argument from me... other than to say...
if it was my 60 k boat and i didn't know my a** from a hole in the ground about working on it... i would hire someone to show me so that i could learn in an intellegent fashion....
in FACT , with roughy 30 yrs experience designing and manufacturing race cars and building engines, that is EXACTLY what i did when i got this top gun w/ two bad motors. i hired a pro to work along side me as i did all the work. he introduced me to the nuances and boat specific technology and techniques so i didn't just light 100 dollar bills on fire by making stupid mistakes. in the end i knew every wire, pipe, and piece of hardware on that boat intimately. it took two weeks.
could i have figured it all out myself ? sure. but why be stupid when you can be smart ?
but thats just me.
if it was my 60 k boat and i didn't know my a** from a hole in the ground about working on it... i would hire someone to show me so that i could learn in an intellegent fashion....
in FACT , with roughy 30 yrs experience designing and manufacturing race cars and building engines, that is EXACTLY what i did when i got this top gun w/ two bad motors. i hired a pro to work along side me as i did all the work. he introduced me to the nuances and boat specific technology and techniques so i didn't just light 100 dollar bills on fire by making stupid mistakes. in the end i knew every wire, pipe, and piece of hardware on that boat intimately. it took two weeks.
could i have figured it all out myself ? sure. but why be stupid when you can be smart ?
but thats just me.
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dagah2x -
Found out a trick after all these years. Got it from some 'big truck' mechanics this spring.
Hold the starter up with long zip ties - hung loosely, this way you can swing it under with your arm, finger, what have you, while starting the first bolt.
Worked awesome.
Psyched to be told this trick - just wish I heard / figured it out many years ago. Hell, atleast I founf out now !
Found out a trick after all these years. Got it from some 'big truck' mechanics this spring.
Hold the starter up with long zip ties - hung loosely, this way you can swing it under with your arm, finger, what have you, while starting the first bolt.
Worked awesome.
Psyched to be told this trick - just wish I heard / figured it out many years ago. Hell, atleast I founf out now !