Hello!
I bought a 1974 MFG Gypsy with a 70443 Hustler engine. This boat has had two previous owners and they both took very good care of the boat. The previous owner said the carbs didn't need rebuilt, but when taking it out the engine would run fine at idle and high speed for a while and then start dying at idle.
Carb rebuild kits were included with the boat so I took them apart and rebuilt them. I did find some chunky stuff in 2 of the high speed jets and the bolts behind two of the low speed jets were very loose. Cleaned all passages with carb cleaners and buttoned it back up.
The previous owner had removed the electric choke spring and plunger because he said it quit working and doing it manually worked fine for him. I like things to work how they're designed to work, so I installed the spring and plunger on top of it and then connected the spring thing coming off the plunger top to the middle carb place it should go from what I have found. I push the toggle switch on the control and it pulled the plunger in, but didn't close the chokes. I am going to try adjusting the solenoid, but what pushes the carbs back open when you release the toggle switch? Is these a spring that should be somewhere?
Thanks!
Jim
I bought a 1974 MFG Gypsy with a 70443 Hustler engine. This boat has had two previous owners and they both took very good care of the boat. The previous owner said the carbs didn't need rebuilt, but when taking it out the engine would run fine at idle and high speed for a while and then start dying at idle.
Carb rebuild kits were included with the boat so I took them apart and rebuilt them. I did find some chunky stuff in 2 of the high speed jets and the bolts behind two of the low speed jets were very loose. Cleaned all passages with carb cleaners and buttoned it back up.
The previous owner had removed the electric choke spring and plunger because he said it quit working and doing it manually worked fine for him. I like things to work how they're designed to work, so I installed the spring and plunger on top of it and then connected the spring thing coming off the plunger top to the middle carb place it should go from what I have found. I push the toggle switch on the control and it pulled the plunger in, but didn't close the chokes. I am going to try adjusting the solenoid, but what pushes the carbs back open when you release the toggle switch? Is these a spring that should be somewhere?
Thanks!
Jim