bgman

Thanks for the reply. I did get the starter out and the starter works fine. I cleaned up the gear end of it and put some anti sieze on the end and reinstalled it. When I tried to start it it just spun. I hit the start button about 15 times and then it caught the gear the starter is attachet to and turned the engine over. I guess it was just stuck from sitting for 2 years. It starts just fine now. Do you know if there is suposed to be oil in the gearcase that the starter is connected to? I just got this tigershark and have no manuals for it so I am trying to figure everything out on my own. There is a rubber plug in the case where the starter goes into so I am assuming there should be oil in there? and if so what kind and how do you know if it is enough because I don't see anything in there. I don't want to run it until I make sure everything is ok.

Thanks for all your advise so far.