I am the proud owner of a 60ESL71C on my 14" 71 Starcraft.
Here's a brief backstory:
We got the boat for "free" :facepalm: in the summer of 2009. Spent last summer cleaning the mice leftovers out of it, and got new seats made for it, and a trailer. Earlier this summer, we got it running and took it on the water for the first time. After warming up, we took it out and all was goo for about two minutes when everything went sluggish and we had to turn around and limp back to the dock. I made some idle adjustments and we tried again, same thing.
Over the past few weeks, as time allowed, we worked on the engine and got it to run perfectly. This is what we did...
Did a whole bunch of stuff. Turns out we were seriously out of time. We spent the day first removing the fly wheel and making sure that the points were correct ended up readjusting them to 0.010" and secured them with blue lock tite(this engine is a dual point engine (ACK!)), and placed the spark advance lever at angle based on the pictures in the manual assumed to be TDC. We measured 22 deg along the plate and adjusted the linkage to stop at that point, wound back the mechanical advance stop to adjust during motor test run. We then made sure that the neutral start switch was set on the correct cam height, and replaced the Flywheel. We readjusted the carburetor throttle cam and accelerator rod for proper positioning. When went through the carburetors, made sure the linkages were set the same, carbs were clean, and needle valve adjustment was correct at 5/8 turn when the low speed adjustment knob is straight up and down. All three operated together correctly. The test run took a while get a comfortable idle that didn't quit on us. With constant adjustments to the low speed idle screw AND trunion wheel. We were then able to work on the timing adjustments for throttling up. Very pleased with the results and locked down the mechanical advance stop. As long as we were there, we checked the oil consistency, and resistance to the electronic shifts. Al seemed perfect. Still had no gear, though. We CAREFULLY disassembled the remote throttle lever, and discovered that the guts of the switch and cable assembly were shattered. So, as I described in the first message, the second time that we limped back to the dock, when we shut down the motor with the lever in neutral, That assembly finally gave out completely.
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Here's a brief backstory:
We got the boat for "free" :facepalm: in the summer of 2009. Spent last summer cleaning the mice leftovers out of it, and got new seats made for it, and a trailer. Earlier this summer, we got it running and took it on the water for the first time. After warming up, we took it out and all was goo for about two minutes when everything went sluggish and we had to turn around and limp back to the dock. I made some idle adjustments and we tried again, same thing.
Over the past few weeks, as time allowed, we worked on the engine and got it to run perfectly. This is what we did...
Did a whole bunch of stuff. Turns out we were seriously out of time. We spent the day first removing the fly wheel and making sure that the points were correct ended up readjusting them to 0.010" and secured them with blue lock tite(this engine is a dual point engine (ACK!)), and placed the spark advance lever at angle based on the pictures in the manual assumed to be TDC. We measured 22 deg along the plate and adjusted the linkage to stop at that point, wound back the mechanical advance stop to adjust during motor test run. We then made sure that the neutral start switch was set on the correct cam height, and replaced the Flywheel. We readjusted the carburetor throttle cam and accelerator rod for proper positioning. When went through the carburetors, made sure the linkages were set the same, carbs were clean, and needle valve adjustment was correct at 5/8 turn when the low speed adjustment knob is straight up and down. All three operated together correctly. The test run took a while get a comfortable idle that didn't quit on us. With constant adjustments to the low speed idle screw AND trunion wheel. We were then able to work on the timing adjustments for throttling up. Very pleased with the results and locked down the mechanical advance stop. As long as we were there, we checked the oil consistency, and resistance to the electronic shifts. Al seemed perfect. Still had no gear, though. We CAREFULLY disassembled the remote throttle lever, and discovered that the guts of the switch and cable assembly were shattered. So, as I described in the first message, the second time that we limped back to the dock, when we shut down the motor with the lever in neutral, That assembly finally gave out completely.
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