Capt. Willie
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2015
- Messages
- 34
Boat had sat untouched for ten yrs, I took her home, cleaned plugs, points, and flushed tank, added new fuel filter, (positioned after electric fuel pump). Didn't touch carbs then, (3 one barrels) or mechanical fuel pump, (engine mounted, and after fuel filter). Motor started right up, idled and ran great..............fast forward to last week: it wouldn't start, or even pop a bit...starving for fuel, but if I poured a bit of gas down carbs it would run a few secs.
I found alot of sediment, etc, upon first rebuild, and then I re-installed, and the motor would run @ higher RPMs, but wouldn't idle, so then I bypassed the mechanical fuel pump, (a source of sediment???)..... I rebuilt carbs a second time, found very small quantity of sediment, I did an extra thorough job, but same old story, still no idle, not even a pop or spit.
I have the pdf of Diagram....but I'm stumped, and feel I'm missing something obvious. Any advice, or other options would be appreciated.
I found alot of sediment, etc, upon first rebuild, and then I re-installed, and the motor would run @ higher RPMs, but wouldn't idle, so then I bypassed the mechanical fuel pump, (a source of sediment???)..... I rebuilt carbs a second time, found very small quantity of sediment, I did an extra thorough job, but same old story, still no idle, not even a pop or spit.
I have the pdf of Diagram....but I'm stumped, and feel I'm missing something obvious. Any advice, or other options would be appreciated.