Boatin_in_KY
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2011
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- 9
Hey guys, I just bought a '77 Cobia with a Mercury 700 with Thunderbolt ignition. Took it out on the lake Saturday and it was running pretty well. The first thing it did was drop in RPM while running steady, which I attributed to the throttle linkage needing adjustment (have to go pretty far forward for it to engage, and farther for it to rev up). Rode around for about 10 minutes and then brought it down to neutral and it died, but started back up. Riding around a few minutes later we hit a wave and it sputtered down and died. After some coaxing it restarted for about 5 seconds, kind of rough, then died again. Will crank over all day long, just won't start. Had to get towed in ::facepalm: Tried some started fluid when I got home, didn't help. Battery has plenty of power. Going to try to test the fuel pump later, but am open to anything else to look at. Thanks!