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its been cooked , possibly leaned out from the looks of the melted alloy on the cylinder bores.
2 strokes don't like heat , running with a lean mixture makes heat , heat causes seizing , seizing causes melted alloy on the bores .
motor is toast !.
looks like its burned up pretty bad , scrap it and go on the search for a later motor.
"" unless it has sentimental value" , if so spend $1000 + in parts to get it up and running again.
i found a cheapo AM set , advantage of the $12 set was when i pulled the drive each time to rectifie a shift issue the gasket didn't break into pieces like the 3 $40 serra ones did.
best bet is to just change the oil , crank it up to get it running temp shut it off then it will be fine to let it sit .
there is plenty of oil in the motor to stop any rust forming , if rust forms you have a bigger problem that needs to be attended too .
fogging could also cause gazing of...
i personally have a thing when it comes to lag screws/bolts" let sleeping dogs lie' unless absolutely necessary to take them out IE: when parting a hull..
agreed .it is easier to remove the lag bolts " however 1 or 2 stripped threads when replacing is not an easy fix.
yea , it would be good if it is,
the motor was recently replaced so it may have even been plugged up wrong.
still not able to get on it to day hopeful the weekend.
thank you for the info on that switch , its been strapped up with cable ties from PO and we have never touched it .
we did not get time yesterday to play but will most likely this afternoon.
will test that switch and get back to you.
? is there a solenoid or the like on the gear box that can be...
my 4.3 practically jumps out of the boat by itself it come in and out so many times when i was sorting the boat.
with that said , the best option to removing the front mounts is to take the mounts off from the engine block, its 4 x 9/16 bolts each side. when you dump the motor in these bolts...
that is all well and good and a if thinking like that makes you feel comfortable.
the information collected could be and is used for plenty of other things , not jus what people are eating for supper.
BTW a tinfoil hat wont stop these things collecting data , but a BFH would if someone put one...
sometimes it seems to come good as the motor has cooled but we do not know if this is a true reading of what's going on as when it plays up we mess more stuff trying to diagnose.
we will be back on it later this afternoon , we threw in the spanners late last night when it played up and nothing...
they are not exactly spying as such , what they are doing is collecting random data about users lifestyle and storing it on a database , many marketing company's use the information collected to put items on shelves in stores in your neighborhood .
there are many other things the data base info...
we are having an issue with a artic cat wild cat 1000 .
runs great when working, idles near enough to spot on , checking everything and ticking all the boxes , then out of the blue for no reason appears to go to like a limp mode , back firing from exhaust and will not accelerate..
once it does...
my 8 year old granddaughter only ever calls me from her phone , she says I'm the only one that talks to her. the phone call only lasts a minute or 2 but its nice to just get that call every couple of days.
yea , i know ??? you may ask ,what is an 8 year old doing with a $500 smart phone and an...
iv removed lock nuts from car wheels with a air chisel and pointy bit.
Op don't be stressed about destroying the lock nut a new OEM nut and washer is about $3.
missus reversing boat into lake shallow beach launch , I'm directing , keep coming , keep coming , next thing i see the car floating but slowly sinking .
3 weeks later after removing the car interior it was dry enough to put the carpets back in.
sometimes it helps when launching to remove the...
