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    Starter bolts snapping, looking for a permanent solution

    Hi all, I bought a 1999 trophy 2052 wa last year. It's powered by a 3.0 135hp Mercruiser. The starter has broken 3 bolts since. :facepalm: This winter I had to have the engine pulled. The new bolts only lasted about a dozen trips. My starter uses 2 bolts of the same length and they are not...
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    Yet another 3.0L broken starter motor bolt - looking for permanent solution

    I bought a second hand Trophy 2052 WA 4 months ago. This is my first boat with an i/o engine. Only been out fishing a dozen times. Very happy with it until 2 days ago when I found one of the two bolts holding the starter motor under the engine. :mad: It snapped about 1/2" inside the block and...
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