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Originally Posted by Steel Outlawed (Post 2836553)

Well it's been two years now and still have not found the problem. It's not the headers leaking, I've replaced the battery cables, I replaced the starter. Now when I turn the key I get a single click, then nothing. Turn it again and and the same thing, sometimes it take three or four turns before it will turn over. Yesterday I shut the boat off two times and it did it both times. Friday I started the boat for the first time of the season and it did not do it at all.

Check to make you have the right shim.there are too styles part # 15-817272 or a special shim # 15-8172721. Also when you have the starter off take A mirror and look at the engine block holes to the starter bolts and look for cracks in that area. Hear is a long shot but I see this a lot. On the engine look for the main wire harness that has a black rubber round plug it gose up to the helm for the gauges. Make shur it is pluged in all the way with a hose clamp when done.Try moveing it round with engine off and on also to see what happens.Watch the gauges, then try starting it up a few times to see if that is your problem first. good luck.