/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Oh and here’s my favorite refusal:
>Boomer neighbor bought used boat
>starter is starting to go, he doesn’t want to bring it to a boat shop because he can order a starter off Amazon for cheap
>I get in there, look at this inboard motor, starter is on the rear of the engine right up against the hull of the boat
>see saltwater in the bottom of the hull mere inches from the starter
>tfw there’s no fucking way anything is going to bolt-unbolt from this block easily, and if I snap a bolt, there’s no easy way to get a drill in there to retap the hole

So another neighbor’s son runs a gas station with a little garage and convinces them to do it at the shop. They replace it, get it back, the first time he gets the boat in the water, the starter makes a horrible grinding noise because the threads in the block for the starter bolts got fucked and the starter halfway popped out.

I have no clue how they got in there the 2nd time to fix it, but I’m sure it was fun.