1974 Chrysler 6hp tiller markings

Nordin

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Spy glad to hear you got improvment with the engine.

The sneezing use to be lean mixture or air leak around the carb/intake manifold.
Before start to adjust the air fuel mixture note the setting you have.
As I mention before 1-1 1/2 turn out from seated is a starting point, not leaner then 1 turn out or you might melt a piston.
 

spy1309

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To be honest in confusion I don t know for sure if it feels a sneeze or a cylinder drop , if a sneeze is a lean mixture, what feels like a cylinder dropping is a rich mixture?
Uh and something else ...speed wise all I got max was around 12-13km/h at WOT ..... on around 420 pounds of weight total including the boat....is it to low or normal?
 

jerryjerry05

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Spy glad to hear you got improvment with the engine.

The sneezing use to be lean mixture or air leak around the carb/intake manifold.
Before start to adjust the air fuel mixture note the setting you have.
As I mention before 1-1 1/2 turn out from seated is a starting point, not leaner then 1 turn out or you might melt a piston.

No leaner than one turn out? Shouldn't be in the instructions.
That's backwards, turning in less than 1 turn can cause problems.

You start at 1 1/2 turn from lightly seated.
Then warm motor, in gear, in the water.
Turn the screw 1/8th turn at a time.
Wait 10 seconds then turn again.(your using the fuel at the old setting)
When the motor bucks ,kicks, stutters??
Then you turn it back out 1/2 turn.
That's how it's usually done.

The book says:
Motor warm: run for at least 1 min.
Turn the screw out 1 turn
Then running, turn the screw left until it runs rough, misses etc.
Then turn screw in till the motor smooths out, keep turning until it
misfires again.
Then turn the screw back half way between the rough spots.

When adjusting, turn the screw slowly.

Sometimes the motor can suck air causing a miss.
Get it running and spray starting fluid all around the intake side,
keeping away from the throat of the carb.
If the spray causes any difference in the way it runs? then it's sucking air.

On the stbd. side is the fuel recirc system.
It consists of a couple screens that get clogged and cause problems with the idle
and excessive fuel use.

12-13 mph on a 12 with a 6hp That's not bad.
Unless you can figure out what the rpm's are??
That's probably all your gonna get?
What prop? Specs call for 8R9 new.
 
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Nordin

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Jerryjerry maybe I was a little bit fuzzy in my post.
I mean no less then 1 turn out from seated or you might melt a piston.
For me leaner mixture is the same as you turn the screw clockwise ( in ) and less then 1 turn out is a big NO NO.

Rather a worse idle then the mixture screw less then 1 turn out.:)
 

spy1309

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Lol not 12-13 mph .....12-13kph thats like 8-9mph.
I guess I have to take the carburator out and give it a good cleaning.
The boat is a 12 foot flat bottom so I guess is worse than a v hull
 

jerryjerry05

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Remember it's a 6 hp not a 60 :)
Actually the flat bottom with enough HP can get up on top and go faster.

To make sure the motor/prop combo is right???
Get a Tiny Tach and hook it up and go for a ride.

The ID plate should have the specs for HP at wide open RPM's
Some where around 5500

Check it out and see if the motor runs at wide open.
1 person gas and coast guard equipment.
See if it winds up?

Yu could have the wrong prop on there.
 
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