I was actually talking to a guy at the marina recently about this exact same thing. Lots of boats from 2000 and before seems to be rotting out. He said he thinks it has to do with increased corrosive components in the air. Like too much pollution or moisture or something similar not mixing well...
Came home from work to do another cold test. Still hard to cold start motor. I am going to start looking for a leak of sorts. I think that’s probably the next issue.
Yes. I did some garage starts last night and seemed to work. I had the rom around 850-900 which is good idle a little too slow for the initial start (atleast with this particular motor). No ability to turn throttle handle at all made me stuck at 1 option for rpm in neutral, either 1 lower rpm...
Got it! (Atleast I think) simple enough fix. I didn’t realize that knob on tiller handle next to kill button could be adjusted: mine was tightened down all the way not allowing me to manipulate Rpm in neutral. I can get higher rpm to start and throttle down for idle speed:
Thanks for the suggestion! I sometimes forget about his page. I will try turning my idle speed out and see how it goes. I do have that motor set to such a low idle i can see that being a problem.
I’m getting about 21 mph out of motor have had it out fishing a ton this spring and used it several days each week, I’m still confused on how to dial this motors start in.
I have rebuilt carb, installed new fuel pump, new spark plugs, new fuel lines. Motor runs great once it gets warmed up. It idles low and will run all day once I get it running. It’s difficult to cold start especially and can be difficult to warm start at times. I installed tach, but I am...
This boat is already pretty much set up exactly how I'd like it. The floors in entire boat are solid outside the back third. Ill probably redo it exactly how it is not mess with anything else. I like the storage, livewell, cup holders etc.
