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Funny timing. Just repaired a friend's smaller boat, 20' or so. Mercruiser inboard. They have it on a trailer in their driveway and couldn't get it to start. They called a boat mechanic to come fix it, he quoted 400 for a starter and starter relay. He then offered to sell them his boat of the same vintage, but better condition. They declined.
They asked me to look at it, so I did. Not a mechanic, really not a boat mechanic. The boat in the driveway on a trailer is the only way you will get me on a boat.
Confirmed the no crank, battery is new. Smacked the starter with a rubber mallet, the motor now cranks.
Pull the distributor cap, and the points are fouled and they are the wrong points for the engine. Cross reference the mercruiser points part number to the automotive part number, price difference is about 5x more for the mercruiser part number. We are talking about a chevy four cylinder, after all.
Swapped and adjusted the points, and it now runs fine.
Moral? Dunno, just thought it was interesting a boat thread came up after my first boat repair experience.
And don't forget to put in your boat hull plug in before you put the boat into the water.
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