bob johnson
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I fired up my frankenson motor this past weekend.i put a 175 fast strike power head on a 175 ocean runner midsection...all went well, except I have a fuel leak coming from between the manifold and the carb on the port side.it is significant, so I am ordering the gaskets. What might I also need to replace when I do this R&R?
id hate to wait a week for parts then find I need something else and have to wait another week for those ....I don't want to rebuild the carbs...id prefer to run the motor for a while to see how everything is...should I just order new intake to manifold gaskets as well??? since the bolts sandwhich all that stuff together?? any other small parts that is prudent to replace that is prone to issues..while I am there??
thanks
also...my throttle cable gives me all the throttle I need in forward, but very little throttle in reverse... I thought I set it at a nice sweet spot when I installed it...I haven't looked since I found out. I installed some used cables that were free moving, and some new one are on the way...but this is just an adjustment at the motor...correct. I noticed on the controls there are several places you can connect the cable ends to!!
bob
id hate to wait a week for parts then find I need something else and have to wait another week for those ....I don't want to rebuild the carbs...id prefer to run the motor for a while to see how everything is...should I just order new intake to manifold gaskets as well??? since the bolts sandwhich all that stuff together?? any other small parts that is prudent to replace that is prone to issues..while I am there??
thanks
also...my throttle cable gives me all the throttle I need in forward, but very little throttle in reverse... I thought I set it at a nice sweet spot when I installed it...I haven't looked since I found out. I installed some used cables that were free moving, and some new one are on the way...but this is just an adjustment at the motor...correct. I noticed on the controls there are several places you can connect the cable ends to!!
bob