fastjeff
Gold Medal Contributor
A simply job, really: just replace the starter on my 1986 305 Mercruiser that was showing its age. However...
The rear bolt holding the little darling on refused to be removed. It wasn't that I couldn't turn it (though I snappd an open end wrench trying) it was that I could not get a socket on the little b*st*rd!
Between the starter and the bell housing is a fiberglass shield that protects to flywheel. For some fool reason it decided to become obese and expand to the point I could not slip a socket over the end of the bolt. And brother, did I try!
I eventually went at it with a whiz wheel, grinding the f-glass away (along with part of the bolt), and a 9/16 socket later the fool thing was off.
Sheesh!
Jeff
The rear bolt holding the little darling on refused to be removed. It wasn't that I couldn't turn it (though I snappd an open end wrench trying) it was that I could not get a socket on the little b*st*rd!
Between the starter and the bell housing is a fiberglass shield that protects to flywheel. For some fool reason it decided to become obese and expand to the point I could not slip a socket over the end of the bolt. And brother, did I try!
I eventually went at it with a whiz wheel, grinding the f-glass away (along with part of the bolt), and a 9/16 socket later the fool thing was off.
Sheesh!
Jeff