62AlumaCraft
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So, I was out on the lake today in my '62 AlumaCraft Model K and I'm starting to head back to the launch area to head home when my 2018 DF20A starts sputtering and coughing and comes close to dying. The only way I can keep it running at all was to keep wide open throttle, and it was bucking like a drunk mule. I checked the fuel level - no problem there, and I was at wits end about how I was going to get back to the Jeep because whenever I put it in forward the revs would drop off and it would start to die again. Finally I tried pumping the prime bulb, first once and then continuously, and found I could get it to run "smooth enough" at about one third throttle if I pumped the prime bulb constantly. It took a while and my hand is sore, but I made it back to two miles to the launch ramp and made it back home.
Where should I start troubleshooting? I don't have a Suzuki Marine service shop for 250 miles.
Where should I start troubleshooting? I don't have a Suzuki Marine service shop for 250 miles.