Re: Starting a small outboard in trash can?
Yes there is an exhaust factor, do not recommend doing this in a garage, lots of fumes.
Quote (I live in OH and just got this motor and would like to tune/adjust before summer gets here. Thanks for your help.) Quote
This is only for rough Idle settings of carb, as Ezeke was pointing out need to be in the water to simulate real world, "IN GEAR", where as in the barrel it is not put in gear so no high speed adjustments can be made.
On muffs no back pressure so engine will idle higher, then when at the ramp engine tends to stall due to idle speed setting to low, thus adjusting idle in a barrel is the same as at the ramp.
Discussing semantics here.
Summarize, do your rough adjustments in the barrel as much as possible and that safety will allow, idle speed adjust, check make sure choke is adjusted and working properly, if it has a charging system can test it with voltmeter, all sort of useful maintenance can be donme in a barrel,when you finally get the chance, weather permitting finish adjustments at the ramp, tied to dock etc etc