Saskatoon2005
Master Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2005
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I am contining from a previous topic called "Can't get outboard to WOT."<br /><br /> So I finished the magneto rebuild and had a very nice opportunity to take the boat out, as I was eager to get this rebuilt machine onto the water. I got the boat into the water, I moved the choke manually into "on". And started the boat. It coughed, and sputtered and died. I then manually moved the choke into the "off" position and the outboard came to life. I pulled slowly away from shore and when I was just far enough out, I punched it....and....nothing better than before.....<br /><br /> I have noticed a couple of things and am curious if this could be the cause.<br /><br /> 1) My carburetor bowl is leaking at the gasket, but the outboard idles so, so well. Will this have a negative response to opening up the throttle?<br /><br /> 2) Do I need to do another carb rebuild? Once it is running, I can troll and there is no fuel starvation. The outboard runs very smooth (thanks to the magneto rebuild.)<br /><br /> 3) What is the next thing to look at in fixing this outboard and getting top end. I punch the throttle and find that it is lacking speed and power. I mean when I first ran it I could easily get up onto plane, and now I drive with my *** end in the water.<br /><br />Please help, you guys have been so good so far and now I just need to get this thing to run as it was meant to be.<br /><br />I have a model RDS-23. A 1961 Johnson Outboard. 40 H.P.