billythegrape
Contributing Member
Hi,
Got this engine mostly sorted out. Put a new CDI for cyl 3 on it and it starts and runs well.
Unfortunately, when the engine is physically in the water, it will only start when engaged in gear. The PO wired the neutral safety switch so that it can be started in gear. It really does not want to start in neutral and idle in the water, and I can't find a bar or lever or something to temporarily raise the idle on the controls themselves. Choke and all that work fine.
I adjusted this thing with a link and sync according to a guide I found that was universally praised as being right. It had some dude's name attached to it; I screenshotted it to my phone (no service at the marina), but of course now I can't find it to link it. Disconnect ball linkage, set throttles closed, adjust aluminum bar, set throttles open, etc.
Then I checked and set timing. Guide said 28 deg BTDC. There are only two marks on the flywheel, no #s. One mark lines up with TDC cyl 1, so I assumed that the other must be for WOT with plugs out and coils grounded. It wasn't too far off, but I lined it up anyway.
The last step was to set the idle mixtures on the water, which I did. Boat responds well in a hole shot, but I guess it isn't really a hole shot if you have to start it in gear. I have no tach to set idle speed. Plugs always appear normal. They are the weird flat kind.
What should I do? What am I missing? Boat runs amazingly otherwise, just irritating to start. Been using it like this, but I'd like it to be proper. Advice from the awesome folks here?
Got this engine mostly sorted out. Put a new CDI for cyl 3 on it and it starts and runs well.
Unfortunately, when the engine is physically in the water, it will only start when engaged in gear. The PO wired the neutral safety switch so that it can be started in gear. It really does not want to start in neutral and idle in the water, and I can't find a bar or lever or something to temporarily raise the idle on the controls themselves. Choke and all that work fine.
I adjusted this thing with a link and sync according to a guide I found that was universally praised as being right. It had some dude's name attached to it; I screenshotted it to my phone (no service at the marina), but of course now I can't find it to link it. Disconnect ball linkage, set throttles closed, adjust aluminum bar, set throttles open, etc.
Then I checked and set timing. Guide said 28 deg BTDC. There are only two marks on the flywheel, no #s. One mark lines up with TDC cyl 1, so I assumed that the other must be for WOT with plugs out and coils grounded. It wasn't too far off, but I lined it up anyway.
The last step was to set the idle mixtures on the water, which I did. Boat responds well in a hole shot, but I guess it isn't really a hole shot if you have to start it in gear. I have no tach to set idle speed. Plugs always appear normal. They are the weird flat kind.
What should I do? What am I missing? Boat runs amazingly otherwise, just irritating to start. Been using it like this, but I'd like it to be proper. Advice from the awesome folks here?