Ok so I'm new here, but want to thank all of you for the help you give everyone.
So I got a great deal on a 1989 VIP with the 2.3L Ford OMC Cobra 4 motor. That said it does have problems. It was missing the plug wires, coil, carb was off and missing bolts, wires where a mess. They had added some wires and cut out other ones. But I believe I got that all taken care of. Previous owner bashed it on some rocks on the side, leveling done holes and not do perty marks. Just some back story/info on the boat.
It does start and run, I can throttle up to red line in neutral and in gear on muffs with no real problem. But in the water (in gear) I can't go over 3k rpms. I've cleaned the points and adavance, checked fuel (I have 2 good full streams in the carb), I've tried adjusting the carb (to the best I know how (adjusting the 2 jet screws on the bottom)), I've heard something about a pump inside the carb? How can I check that? If it's bad is there a diagram of the carb I can use to replace/repair it? I'm going to check to see if the timing is advancing next time I go out. The oil looks like it may be over full not sure.
Next problem, it wants to run 200 degrees allot of the time. I took all the hoses off and put water throw the motor and flushed all I could out of it. It wasn't the worse I've seen. Found that someone took the thurmastat out. Does it have an impeller as well?
Any thoughts/help is appreciated. Thank you again.
So I got a great deal on a 1989 VIP with the 2.3L Ford OMC Cobra 4 motor. That said it does have problems. It was missing the plug wires, coil, carb was off and missing bolts, wires where a mess. They had added some wires and cut out other ones. But I believe I got that all taken care of. Previous owner bashed it on some rocks on the side, leveling done holes and not do perty marks. Just some back story/info on the boat.
It does start and run, I can throttle up to red line in neutral and in gear on muffs with no real problem. But in the water (in gear) I can't go over 3k rpms. I've cleaned the points and adavance, checked fuel (I have 2 good full streams in the carb), I've tried adjusting the carb (to the best I know how (adjusting the 2 jet screws on the bottom)), I've heard something about a pump inside the carb? How can I check that? If it's bad is there a diagram of the carb I can use to replace/repair it? I'm going to check to see if the timing is advancing next time I go out. The oil looks like it may be over full not sure.
Next problem, it wants to run 200 degrees allot of the time. I took all the hoses off and put water throw the motor and flushed all I could out of it. It wasn't the worse I've seen. Found that someone took the thurmastat out. Does it have an impeller as well?
Any thoughts/help is appreciated. Thank you again.
