Johnnieboy13
Cadet
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- Mar 23, 2012
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- 6
Hello Forum...
Will try not to make this long, or a snooze fest for you......
I have a 1985 Century 18ft bowrider, love it, it has a mercruiser 140 / 3.0 i/o with an alpha one outdrive. More recently I have re timed, new plugs and wires, rotor arm and oil changes. All is good there.
My issue is the idle setting. I have attached photos of the throttle linkage set up, I do believe the reason I cannot set the tick over as I want it is because there is an adjustment screw missing.... need some advice or a photo of someone elses set up so I can get it sorted... my idle speed is either way too low or way too high, dont want to screw the out drive gears with too high, and am getting pissed with too low and shutting down when in the marina in neutral waiting to get onto a jetty !! ps, what should my tick over be set at approx? 800ish ? please help if you can, many thanks in advance....
Oh the carb info... MCM 120/140 1389-8490
Will try not to make this long, or a snooze fest for you......
I have a 1985 Century 18ft bowrider, love it, it has a mercruiser 140 / 3.0 i/o with an alpha one outdrive. More recently I have re timed, new plugs and wires, rotor arm and oil changes. All is good there.
My issue is the idle setting. I have attached photos of the throttle linkage set up, I do believe the reason I cannot set the tick over as I want it is because there is an adjustment screw missing.... need some advice or a photo of someone elses set up so I can get it sorted... my idle speed is either way too low or way too high, dont want to screw the out drive gears with too high, and am getting pissed with too low and shutting down when in the marina in neutral waiting to get onto a jetty !! ps, what should my tick over be set at approx? 800ish ? please help if you can, many thanks in advance....
Oh the carb info... MCM 120/140 1389-8490
