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    its a new bulb and yeah the fuel pump is good. Sorry I thought I already posted about it. Yeah its low on fuel like maybe a quarter of a solo cup in the tank. Found that the gas gauge no longer working.
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    I think you are right i rechecked everything only thing that i found a problem with is the bulb. ether not enough fuel in tank to prime it or the hose is loose somewhere. just doesn't make since why would it start after the oil change
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    I know that but thats all I did was drain the gear oil and put fresh oil in and started the motor and now the motor revs high and it never did that before
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    I quit with this pos motor just going to get a johnson or mercury. Like how does it make since that motor idles fine with old gear fluid but when i drain it and put new fluid in start the motor it revs high and revs higher and higher the longer i keep the motor on. the old fluid was dark but no...
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    I was just wondering I used this stuff for my truck rear axle. its just been sitting in my garage. And this is the stuff I'm suppose to use in my engine doesn't look like much of a difference to me but I could be wrong why I figured I would ask first. Anything to save a buck right? P.S so no...
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    I have a ton of this laying around can I use it for replacing the gear oil on lower unit?
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    yeah I found the issue I'm still fairly new to outboards and never seen a circuit breaker with a reset button. @TheForcePower I was wrong the skeg was rebuilt before but they did a fine job hiding the rebuild that I though it was the original it is. the rebuilt has the machined hole for sliding...
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    Yeah I said the same thing when I first saw it. I took the lower end off to better confirm it and yeah there is a long machine made hole going from one side to the other. so when I put ear muffs on and turn on water the water go's from the vent looking things and right out the bottom of the skeg.
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    lol found a bigger issue think I just going to replace the lower unit since it seems the broken skeg has a leak really starting to hate force engines parts are somewhat cheap but whats the point if its just a **** made engine.
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    So today I was going to post a thank you to everyone who helped me on this journey to revive the boat as everything was ready to go. Got out to the lake put boat in water and boom another punch in the face from the boat lol. The issue is strange to me. no power to the key ignition switch, the...
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    I will I think I have one laying around somewhere for my 4wheeler and the screen is cleaned
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    I don't have very good camera idk if yall can see it but there is black looking pieces in the fuel.
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    Boat started up today and ran and idled fine I'm starting to suspect the problem was the gas in the old tank will post a photo here within the hour so yall can look and tell me what yall think.
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    the carbs are not spitting out fuel but did find a leak in one of the carb fuel lines fixed it will give results soon
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    I dont have a feeder gage only the digital caliper the measurement was with wide open gap they fully close if .010 is to much is there a way to adjust them without damaging the reed? I didn't do the flash light thing I just took off the reed because I don't have flash light and the one of my...
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    Ok so I checked the reeds they are .010 but there was a gasket on it that didn't look to been in good shape so I made a new with my rubber gasket material I have left. Will try to start motor once the people fixing my siding on house leaves and let you know what happens.
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    New update: did what you said with the choke and it ran fine. I did a little extra and shut it down then ran it without doing the choke thing but did choke it to start it just didn't continue to choke it after started and ran fine again. about to check the reeds. but need to know is there a...
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    Ok I will try these things but I have a update: I rigger up the fuel line to a fuel can it getting good and tight on the fuel line bulb and starts right up runs for about 10secs then there is a hard backfire that comes out of the propellor hole and then shuts down.
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    I'm not sure how my friend determined the timing but we disconnected the safety switch push throttle wide open grounded all the spark plug wires to the block he connected the gun light/timing light to the cylinder 1 wire and the battery pos and neg and had me crank it over and he adjusted this...
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    So looks like you and dwco5051 are on the right track I have not inspected the reeds yet because i want to get your opinion first. I sprayed 50:1 premix in the carbs and the motor fired right up first try 2nd try and 3rd try without issues each try the motor ran fine and idled fine for about...
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