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    Easy way to clear out water tell tale.

    I have a BF30 on a pontoon. The boat is in the water at a dock. Yesterday the tell tale went from a stream, to a drip then nothing. I have completed a seasonal maintenance two months ago with new impeller, housing and gaskets as well as changing lower end gear lube, oil change, filter...
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    BF30 LRSA shift rod adjustment after impeller replacement

    I recently acquired a Honda BF30 on a small pontoon boat. It is a 90's model with carburetors. I finally managed the to service the engine after I rebuilt the carbs last fall to just get it running. Of course the PO said he just changed all the fluids...blah..blah. So I changed the oil and...
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    Bf30 carb float valve question

    nope, not that end...the black "t" looking insert that goes in the opposite end from the tip
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    Bf30 carb float valve question

    Does anybody have an easy or the correct way to insert the black cap into the float valve. It seems that it won't just push in and I don't think tapping it will be good for the tip, or holding it with vice grips as the metal fins will get damaged. This is on new replacement OEM float valves...
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    Bf30 carb cleaning no start

    Late 90's era Honda BF30 on 18' pontoon boat. Purchased past summer, new to me, but used to the world. Rookie mistake of trying to start it without opening the fuel vent. Sucked a whole lot of water through the fuel system from a fuel separator that was full of water. Drained tank, flushed fuel...
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    BF30A Jet Set tube inside of the slow idle emulsion tube question.

    Cleaning the carbs. Removed emulsion tube, removed the thin jet set that fits inside of the emulsion tube. My question is the jet set tube suppose to be hollow all the way through? On the first carb I have disassembled the tube is occluded about half inch from the end opposite the o-ring.
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