its been hell...I even took the starter off my good motor and it sounded like hell too. I could see it flexing some so I cranked on it with a 1/2 rachet and cracked the housing......damn it! now I need two... Chris what do you need for both starters? call me at your convinience.... Don 616-403-4482

Sut it turns over fine...I thought the same thing at the beginning of this mess I pulled all the plugs and rolled it over right away....no problem.

wisetale, big block auto starters are closed just like marine the only diff. is the silicone on the connections.

For real???I've used auto starters in the past becouse I was in a pinch and a tight a$$ just ran the blower a little longer before starting....I know delco makes a marine starter that looks just like the auto one....the Merc ones are smaller gear reduction one right?

pretty sure, I tried everything I could to stick with the small ,arine starter cauyse I didn't want the weight of a big starter hanging there especailly with the beating I put my boat through, but It has been fine. Not sure about the reduction but you gotta make sure you got the right # of teeth on the starter gear cause there are 2 options.

so how many teeth are ther supposed to be on a marine starter? 168 on the flywheel but how many on the bendix????

Gotta look, can't remember. Are you sure you have the 168 tooth flywheel? It is the more common one, mine is 168, I'll check on the bendix drive gear later.

yep 168 teeth I counted them last night!

this may show my inexperience, but are'nt there left hand rotation and right hand rotation marine starters??

not for stern drives.....they are the same, in boards they might.... I'm not sure.