Ok, the engine starts and sounds good, but I have a top speed of 5 mph. I imagine it should go a tad bit faster than that. So what should I do here? It's a 1971 glastron v166. 50 hp should hall that boat an I right?
Is a Marine Starting battery with 600 cca/780 mca/120 rc big enough for this motor?
Using this battery, I can get the motor to start with the warm up leve in the up position and a little choak. She pops right off and seems to run really well for maybe 10-15 seconds or so and then dies. My...
I got this boat cheap, it's my first boat, and I'm having issues getting it running. It will start and run ok for a few seconds but then die. It seems like it runs out of fuel. I've got a new fuel pump diaphragm on order and a new gasket for my tank which is leaking a bit. I'm new to outboards...