17-07-2013, 08:10 PM
Hi I been down the boat today and tried again with the starter motor. Took the engine off the bel housing and took a look with a mirror. The teeth on the motor did look to small as someone mentioned so I went to a supplier and they looked into it for me. They showed me on their computer that there are about 5 different types of starter to fit the 306. He fortunately had one in stock with more teeth on the starter than mine so I bought it for £70 with a trade in of my old one. The teeth and cog are much bigger than my one. Fitted it and tried but again it turned a little but then started crunching but not spinning this time. Turned by hand and still ok. Plan now is to lift the engine out on Monday and block up and turn over so I can see what's going on. Fed with it now the cost so far has cost much more than I can afford but determine to get up and running. The other engine runs sweet and did not have much trouble setting this up.
