Fiberglass boats will completely burn down to the waterline, then sink.
I guess a steel or aluminum boat is best if worried about fires.
Yeah I know everything inside will burn.
I talked to owner, is an Italian made boat.
Says they think was due to an electrical fault.
This occurred in Poquoson Va, insurance will total it.
In the link, can see it sitting next to the restaurant in first slip.
VIDEO: Boat fire at Poquoson marina damages two other vessels
Firefighters put...
It might help to run a mix of 2 cycle oil in that gas for a winter shutdown with E10. The reason being the oil will remain as the fuel evaporates and it will coat the carb interior with an oil layer to seal it from corroding.
Fuel injected car engines seem to hold fuel rail pressure a long time after running.
I wonder if the injectors are dripping fuel after shutdown flooding the engine
That is why you need to crack the throttle, it needs more air to fire up
Got it working today. Started with a 1/8" stepped drill bit, then a .151 diameter cobalt drill bit.
It found the hole.
Carefully used a 10-24 tap, you know back and forth delicately.
The new SS screw goes in perfect.
I did not have a bottoming tap, so used a 1/2" machine screw instead of 5/8"...
Other issue is that starboard fuel pump seems weak. Engine is MIE 260.
We attached a clear vinyl hose to the steel fuel line and cranked engine.
The pump can not lift the fuel, like I had the 5 gallon bucket sitting on the riser area, and it could not move fuel into the bucket. The fuel just...
I told him to pull the diptube out of the aluminum tank and drop a 3/8 copper tube down the hole. Then use a pulse electric pump to pump out 65 gallons of bad gas.
He has couple 5 gallon fuel cans, and can dump the bad gas at the Newport News dump.
Aluminum tank holds 100 gallons, and shaped...
I repaired the shape of the spring, and it works. With heat it moves up. when cools moves back into this position, and that position matches the other Mercruiser part pics online.
have drilled out bigger bolts and tapped new or repaired existing threads with taps on larger sizes. This one is pretty small. I suppose may have been 8-24 originally. May end up a #10 screw.
Just have to see how it works out. I also think a SS screw and antiseize should be used
Would drilling...
I also have a 1970 Eggharbor which used to have 4GC carbs with manual choke cables. They were really long hard red plastic outside with a steel copper plated hard pull-push wire and chrome knobs. When I went to 4MV Quads, It then had electric chokes. I was happy to go with automatic chokes and...
I see a lot of potential ones to buy.
They can have the rod eyelet clocked all over the place, which one is right one to get?
Carb is the Quadrajet, and the attaching screw rusted and snapped that holds choke thermostat on the intake.
Has to be drilled and tapped, anyone done this?
example 1
NOS...
I also have that 3 lug switch and don't have a rubber cover for it, so I already looked into doing the above x2 as I have twin engines. What I also have is a push button momentary switch to run the fuel pump before cranking. Which you can do as having the fuel pump run when cranking is not...
You can go to a typical reliable Mercruiser oil pressure switch with 2 terminals, 1/8" NPT.
It comes with the pigtail connector. It closes when oil pressure hits 4 psi.
And to run the pump when cranking engine for starting, use the starter 'R' terminal
Completely abandon what you have with that...
No leak now? Could be some marine fouling or corrosion has built up wherever the leak is.
The Oatey sealer is good stuff for sealing and lubricating things and repelling water. I have used it for about 10 years on my twin engine hoses, both the coolant side and the raw water side without any...
