My other thread kind of got off the rails and the topic changed so I am starting this new thread.
Carb is freshly rebuilt (by me). Fuel pump is brand new. Spark plugs are brand new. The issue I had the last time I took the boat out is it ran perfect in all throttle ranges EXCEPT wide open. It...
I have a '89 Merc 4.3 with the 3304-9565 Rochester Carb on it. The boat starts cold great and idles perfectly. Once warmed up if I slowly increase throttle it starts to bog and will die around 10-20% throttle. If I push it past 20% up to like 60% it will catch and rev up. It runs at WOT...
I am installing my outboard after reseal. When I go to put it onto the housing It keeps stopping 3/4" from flush. Being this far on I do not think it is the splines stopping it but I cannot figure out why it wont go on any further. I have the shifter in fwd however I am having a really hard time...
I took my outdrive off to replace the gimbal bearing and my gimbal housing bellows was full of watery grease! There are not any tears in either bellows so where else could the water be coming in from? What is the best thing to use to clean off of it out of there, is it safe to spray brake...
I just bought a '89 Rinker V180 with the 4.3L and Alpha one G1. It needs the gimbal bearing replaced (rumbles at low speeds) but other than that drives great and starts super easy cold. One thing I noticed the first time we took it out is it does not like hot starts at all. It seems like either...
