Well I got my carb rebuilt, well basically took it apart, cleaned it, replaced the accelerator pump and found some blockage on teh arm to the pump....great, so I put it back together and the new "aluminum" banjo washers for the fuel line connector just dont' seem to do the job.<br /><br />Suddenly my starter, which had only turned the engine over for maybe 30 seconds while diagnosing if I had a fuel leak, starts glowing and basically stops.....(yeah, we had a fire, luckily it was fuel and small and I was able to blow it out).....doh.<br /><br />I go out a couple days later it cranks over, twice with no issue (ie 3 seconds) but I look back and there's a spot just above the center of the starter GLOWING...........YIKES! Bet I won't do that again!! I figured because it was so cold out and maybe I had dirty contacts the first time that that was the cause.<br /><br />I bought the boat, the owner had replaced the starter two years ago and rarely, if EVER used it. (The boat sat for 2 years)<br /><br />Could some dirty connection cause this or am I looking at a new starter?<br /><br />I'm going to pull it out and get it tested of course, but anyone heard of this?
<br /><br />I won't be making that mistake ag ain, until I know this starter is in A plus shape i won't be turning it over, but I DID get the fuel leak stopped, some nice juicy brand new copper washers did the trick...