How To Rebuild a Starter Motor
After flooding dampened the starter motor, the motor needed to be removed and completely renovated.
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After flooding dampened the starter motor, the motor needed to be removed and completely renovated.
Disassembling, cleaning and reassembling my boat’s engine was a months-long lesson in hard work and frustration.
Despite a lifetime of guarding against salt water getting into any engines that I’ve installed, the salty stuff finally won a round.
The upcoming storm season is the perfect time to tick items off of the chore list.
Engine troubles lead to changed plans for the Totem crew.
Bothered by heat and noise from the engines mounted in the bilge, a do-it-yourselfer comes up with a low-cost way to tone things down.
Saildrives are quickly replacing conventional transmissions and propeller shafts, but along with their benefits come some important maintenance considerations.
A vintage cruiser gets a new lease on life with an engine refit.
Before pulling the trigger on a new sailboat auxiliary engine, do your homework and make sure the marine diesel you choose is right for your budget, plans and boat.
More than 117 products from 26 countries entered the competition held annually at METS in Amsterdam.
While sailors were getting along just fine without engines for thousands of years, a crowded harbor might make you reconsider going engineless.
If your diesel engine is not burning fuel efficiently, the exhaust byproducts can include soot, carbon and water — and then you have real problems.
After flooding dampened the starter motor, the motor needed to be removed and completely renovated.
Disassembling, cleaning and reassembling my boat’s engine was a months-long lesson in hard work and frustration.
Despite a lifetime of guarding against salt water getting into any engines that I’ve installed, the salty stuff finally won a round.
The upcoming storm season is the perfect time to tick items off of the chore list.
Engine troubles lead to changed plans for the Totem crew.
Bothered by heat and noise from the engines mounted in the bilge, a do-it-yourselfer comes up with a low-cost way to tone things down.
Saildrives are quickly replacing conventional transmissions and propeller shafts, but along with their benefits come some important maintenance considerations.
A vintage cruiser gets a new lease on life with an engine refit.
Before pulling the trigger on a new sailboat auxiliary engine, do your homework and make sure the marine diesel you choose is right for your budget, plans and boat.
More than 117 products from 26 countries entered the competition held annually at METS in Amsterdam.
While sailors were getting along just fine without engines for thousands of years, a crowded harbor might make you reconsider going engineless.
If your diesel engine is not burning fuel efficiently, the exhaust byproducts can include soot, carbon and water — and then you have real problems.
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