I put my boat in the water for the first time this year yesterday. Motor fired up great, no problem. Used the electric motor most of the day but the three or so times that I used the O/B, it was great. Towards the end of the day, I hit the starter to fire it up one last time and I got a weird clack-clack-clack noise...and no start.
After reading some other posts here this morning, I thought maybe my battery connections weren't the best and decided to give it another try on the driveway. Same thing. I took off the cover and gave it one more try. That's when I noticed a broken-off bolt bouncing around the inside
Turns out, it's the bolt that holds the part in place (this is where I need some help, I'll try to describe best I can) that pops up and engages the fly wheel when the starter is placed. So basically, this cylindrical-looking piece isn't standing in its upright position fully so that when the part pops up that's supposed to engage the flywheel, it just spins and doesn't make contact with anything. Fair enough, seemed like a problem that wasn't the end of the world, until I realized that the other end of the severed bolt was still firmly in place and I have no way of getting it out and thus no way of putting a new bolt in there.
Any suggestions
After reading some other posts here this morning, I thought maybe my battery connections weren't the best and decided to give it another try on the driveway. Same thing. I took off the cover and gave it one more try. That's when I noticed a broken-off bolt bouncing around the inside
Turns out, it's the bolt that holds the part in place (this is where I need some help, I'll try to describe best I can) that pops up and engages the fly wheel when the starter is placed. So basically, this cylindrical-looking piece isn't standing in its upright position fully so that when the part pops up that's supposed to engage the flywheel, it just spins and doesn't make contact with anything. Fair enough, seemed like a problem that wasn't the end of the world, until I realized that the other end of the severed bolt was still firmly in place and I have no way of getting it out and thus no way of putting a new bolt in there.
Any suggestions