NYCruisers
Cadet
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- Jun 18, 2010
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Hi all - cranking away (no pun) at getting a motor running after it's been sitting for two years - only have time here and there to do so. YES - I have read the sleepy motor sticky.
Question 1: I got her to start (a couple of times, anyway) but the prop turns in neutral. Is this normal? I tried moving the lever to forward or reverse but the motor cuts off. This is with the "start lever back towards the start position, if it matters. Is this normal, am I doing something wrong, or is something wrong on the motor?
Question 2: Since there's no tell tale I can see- What's the best way to tell about cooling? Whole water pump was recently rebuilt. No hot light during warm up. I saw the adding a tell-tall sticky but that's down the road - need her running first.
FYI - Just replaced the whole harness and swapped the shift wires back and forth just in case I mixed them up but to no avail.
Question 1: I got her to start (a couple of times, anyway) but the prop turns in neutral. Is this normal? I tried moving the lever to forward or reverse but the motor cuts off. This is with the "start lever back towards the start position, if it matters. Is this normal, am I doing something wrong, or is something wrong on the motor?
Question 2: Since there's no tell tale I can see- What's the best way to tell about cooling? Whole water pump was recently rebuilt. No hot light during warm up. I saw the adding a tell-tall sticky but that's down the road - need her running first.
FYI - Just replaced the whole harness and swapped the shift wires back and forth just in case I mixed them up but to no avail.
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