BeakBoater35

Has anyone replaced a starter on 35' Fountain? How did you do it...how hard was it?

I have a 1997 35' Lightening with Merc HP525SC Bravo dirves. The starter on the starboard motor is acting up.

Joel

RaggedEdge

Starboard side should be reasonable to get to, never did the starter but crawled in there for lots of other chit. Port side would be the PIA.

35 fountain

Pay somebody - its not woth the aggravation

BeakBoater35

Yep, the starboard starter looks much more accessable than the port. My hope is someone knows for sure that it can be done without pulling the motor.

I almost certainly would pay someone to do it.

RunninHotRacing163.1

Its easier to just pull the motor BIG Daddy ,good luck

BeakBoater35

Now THAT is exactly what I was afraid of! Chit.

RunninHotRacing163.1

I think you meant
it is less painfull to just hoist the motor up 2 ft

US1 Fountain

Pull the exhaust manifold off over the starter.

Throttle Fever

Pull the exhaust manifold off over the starter.


As USA1 said: Pull the exhaust manifold 10 min undo the starter wiring 3 min pull starter 5 min. Not that bad of a job. Just have to be a little bit of a contortionist. Installation in reverse.

BeakBoater35

Thank you folks for your replies.

I'm really glad to hear that it is not that bad of a job. I was not looking forward to the possibility of pulling the motor.