Hey All,
My dad gave me this motor which I'm planning to sell to offset the cost of a used boat.
The motor did not run for about 10 years, nor was it fogged or the lower gear case oil changed. I pulled out the carb and gave it a really good cleaning and replaced the gasket from carb to block only. I also changed the plugs which are surface gapped (I think that was the term...no prong, just the exposed electrode).
Anyway, it started right after that with little effort. I kept spraying throttle body cleaner and carb cleaner in the motor to really clean it out. I ran it from slow RPM's to high for about 5 min's unit it started backfiring with puffs of smoke as it wanted to stall, but it wouldn't. Well it finally stalled and I'm having a hard time getting it to start up again. I even tried spraying 'quick start' directly into the carb, but nothing. What do you thing the problem is?
I decided to check the compression and found the top cylinder was 120 and 60 psi on the bottom. So what do I have to do to get the psi up on the lower? Do I have to send it in for a rebuild? Is it worth it? Or can it run as is and what is the risk.
I'm going to take a video and post the link in the next while so you can see it in motion.
If you have any comments that could help me out in the mean time, I thank you in advance.
Be Well All,
BB
My dad gave me this motor which I'm planning to sell to offset the cost of a used boat.
The motor did not run for about 10 years, nor was it fogged or the lower gear case oil changed. I pulled out the carb and gave it a really good cleaning and replaced the gasket from carb to block only. I also changed the plugs which are surface gapped (I think that was the term...no prong, just the exposed electrode).
Anyway, it started right after that with little effort. I kept spraying throttle body cleaner and carb cleaner in the motor to really clean it out. I ran it from slow RPM's to high for about 5 min's unit it started backfiring with puffs of smoke as it wanted to stall, but it wouldn't. Well it finally stalled and I'm having a hard time getting it to start up again. I even tried spraying 'quick start' directly into the carb, but nothing. What do you thing the problem is?
I decided to check the compression and found the top cylinder was 120 and 60 psi on the bottom. So what do I have to do to get the psi up on the lower? Do I have to send it in for a rebuild? Is it worth it? Or can it run as is and what is the risk.
I'm going to take a video and post the link in the next while so you can see it in motion.
If you have any comments that could help me out in the mean time, I thank you in advance.
Be Well All,
BB