Okay, so spent a bit of time on this. Removed the accelerator pump, cleaned everything up. Diaphragm looked ok. Spring may be a little tired, however, it turns out the tuning of the pump was way off and I was at the bottom of the pump stroke. Readjusted as indicated and the pump now works well...
Just an update to round out the thread. I took things apart and found the plastic barrel on the shift cable at the controller end had broken apart. Explains the problem. New cable on order.
Okay, I've been messing with this all morning.
Narrowed it down to the accelerator pump. The accelerator pump arm was stuck in the down position. I can manually lift and lower the arm, which causes gas to squirt, BUT it does not return to its neutral position once throttle is let off. What I...
Just to add my starting procedure has always been to set the choke with one wot pump, bring it back to fast idle and crank. It has always started right up so something has changed.
No other symptoms when running, no stumble on acceleration, nothing. Just a painful cold start.
Should I try...
Hi All,
Looking for some help here. Have an issue with cold starts on my 97 5.7GL.
After the boat has sat for a day, I cannot get it started without putting fuel into the carb. The carb is a holley 2bbl. It will crank and crank but never catch.
The choke is closed but when I look down the...
So I answered my second question. The button is covered by rubber, peeling that off revealed a Philips screw.
First question remains, does this sound like a bad shift cable?
Hi Guys,
Think I have a broken shift cable but the symptoms don't quite make sense. I have a Volvo SX Cobra drive.
The boat was stuck in forward gear today, nothing on the throttle lever would bring it into neutral or reverse.
When I opened up the cover on the drive, the shift lever was in...
I think you are right. I put everything back together, installed the drive, and expect no issues come my first day back on the water for the season. Will report back if otherwise.
Mine was definitely fully seated and aligned. The issue I had was that it was a little stiff when turning it by hand. I think it was due to a little too much really cold grease.
Unclear if I have a problem. I reinstalled the drive but it is still too cold here to run it.
I used an alignment tool with the bearing installer.
As I was pounding it in, the tool was bouncing around but I tried to seat it each time before hitting it again. I am pretty sure I was only hitting the outer ring.
Again, bearing will turn if gripped with ny fingers, but you really do have...
I have a volvo penta Sx-C1 drive. I replaced my gimbal bearing after getting water in the bellows. The replacement is a Sierra 18-2100.
Pounded the bearing in, could tell it was seated, aligned it with the alignment tool. Pumped it full of grease.
I was about to put the drive back on when I...