Hi All - new to this forum.
I picked up this 9.5 and was told by the owner he'd taken it to a mechanic who said it'd be too costly to fix. Got it for $25 so who could pass it up?
The thing started the first pull and immediately hit high rpm's with throttle at idle, a lot of white smoke..I can't see any mechanical reason in the linkage to cause this and the throttle stop under the flywheel is in the proper position, but I found something really fishy - a block of wood jammed between the engine and housing! There are supposed to be two screws that hold these bulkheads together but one is missing and the other one is backed out about 3 threads.
Being that I'm new to outboard motors but a fairly experienced mechanic I says to myself "Hmm, that don't look OEM!" Maybe one of you guys have seen this kind of jury rig and can tell me what's going on? I don't see how this could effect the rpm problem as it doesn't appear to effect throttle position.
I have looked over the carb and cannot find any adjustment screws or even the idle screws..I just see the mixture valve..Help would be greatly appreciated!
Btw if this thing can be put right I'll be using it on an old 12ft Sea King.
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I picked up this 9.5 and was told by the owner he'd taken it to a mechanic who said it'd be too costly to fix. Got it for $25 so who could pass it up?
The thing started the first pull and immediately hit high rpm's with throttle at idle, a lot of white smoke..I can't see any mechanical reason in the linkage to cause this and the throttle stop under the flywheel is in the proper position, but I found something really fishy - a block of wood jammed between the engine and housing! There are supposed to be two screws that hold these bulkheads together but one is missing and the other one is backed out about 3 threads.
Being that I'm new to outboard motors but a fairly experienced mechanic I says to myself "Hmm, that don't look OEM!" Maybe one of you guys have seen this kind of jury rig and can tell me what's going on? I don't see how this could effect the rpm problem as it doesn't appear to effect throttle position.
I have looked over the carb and cannot find any adjustment screws or even the idle screws..I just see the mixture valve..Help would be greatly appreciated!
Btw if this thing can be put right I'll be using it on an old 12ft Sea King.
Just discovered I can only load one picture -