relicshunter
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I've had it 8 months and it's been on the water a 10 or so times. Sadly it was in much worse shape then I had hoped/thought. When i looked at it, it had a bit of a backfire and it was at a boat shop so they said they would get it fixed. They replaced the power pack and it sounded ok the next visit. I hoped I wouldn't have to many other items right away. Well some issues with the boat itself slowed me getting it in the water but the engine still seemed ok.
I've had good trips and bad trips. I have replaced the fuel filter, rebuilt the carbs ( not just sprayed them) with kits and soaking & scrubbing, replaced most of the fuel lines, water impeller of course, coil packs,plugs. The compression is 130 and 135, the spark jumps a 7/16 gap well.
Got stranded on one trip started out good, stopped to fish and no response when started. get towed in. Had no spark, ended up replacing the stator with a used one. Upon starting it back up it seemed very hard to start. I had always felt like it didn't idle perfectly, the control cables are not real responsive and spent some time trying to readjust the cables and settings. Thought I had a good setting for starting and running. Replaced the starter( on it's last leg). Right around the time of the stator replacement I started noticing unburnt fuel/oil on the front of the leg.
Three more trips out, lots of stopping and starting, seems good on gas, went out yesterday and started good, off we went. Ran about 4 miles out and dropped the idle to stop and it stalled just as I was going to shut it off. Had to be towed in again. Every time starting it, ran a moment and stalled. The throttle advance was not giving it much gusto. At full advance it's stalling in a hand full of seconds, at no advance it stall right away. Bulb is pumped up easily and firm. If I manually increase the throttle I can keep it running but it's rough and not up where it should be with the controller set at full. If I manually close the choke to about 1/8 from closed it picks up and levels off smooth. So my assumption is I am very lean from an air leak somewhere?
I have replaced a fuel connector on the motor that had worn o rings, no change. Ran it on a different gas tank, no change. Checked the carb bowls they are getting and holding fuel. Pulled the carbs and pulled them apart verified everything is clean and set correctly, checked smaller fuel lines. I had three good trips then this popped up. The reeds look good. Where could I be pulling what seems like a lot of air in to make it so lean?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
I've had good trips and bad trips. I have replaced the fuel filter, rebuilt the carbs ( not just sprayed them) with kits and soaking & scrubbing, replaced most of the fuel lines, water impeller of course, coil packs,plugs. The compression is 130 and 135, the spark jumps a 7/16 gap well.
Got stranded on one trip started out good, stopped to fish and no response when started. get towed in. Had no spark, ended up replacing the stator with a used one. Upon starting it back up it seemed very hard to start. I had always felt like it didn't idle perfectly, the control cables are not real responsive and spent some time trying to readjust the cables and settings. Thought I had a good setting for starting and running. Replaced the starter( on it's last leg). Right around the time of the stator replacement I started noticing unburnt fuel/oil on the front of the leg.
Three more trips out, lots of stopping and starting, seems good on gas, went out yesterday and started good, off we went. Ran about 4 miles out and dropped the idle to stop and it stalled just as I was going to shut it off. Had to be towed in again. Every time starting it, ran a moment and stalled. The throttle advance was not giving it much gusto. At full advance it's stalling in a hand full of seconds, at no advance it stall right away. Bulb is pumped up easily and firm. If I manually increase the throttle I can keep it running but it's rough and not up where it should be with the controller set at full. If I manually close the choke to about 1/8 from closed it picks up and levels off smooth. So my assumption is I am very lean from an air leak somewhere?
I have replaced a fuel connector on the motor that had worn o rings, no change. Ran it on a different gas tank, no change. Checked the carb bowls they are getting and holding fuel. Pulled the carbs and pulled them apart verified everything is clean and set correctly, checked smaller fuel lines. I had three good trips then this popped up. The reeds look good. Where could I be pulling what seems like a lot of air in to make it so lean?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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