I have been reading about others that have this same issue with a grinding noise when engaging the starter, however my symptoms are different.
The boat is a 2008 Chap with a Mercruiser 5.0 EFI Serial number 1AO78945. The boat was purchased new to me last year and only has 75 hours on it. I...
I have a 2008 new to me boat with with a Merc 5.0L MPI with Alpha 1 Gen 2 outdrive with only (61 hours when purchased) 72 hours on it that I purchased last year. The boat ran great all year with issues but I decided to have a bunch of work done on the boat this winter as "preventive" maintenance...