Pulled my boat out of storage after winter. I tried to give it a test run today and now I cant pull the starter chord. The engine is seized up. Does anybody have a solution for this? Is the engine toasted?
Alright, I am not really good at electrical stuff so I need some help and I am doing a bunch of research. I have a 12V battery in a aluminum boat. The engine is old so, the battery will have to be periodically charged. I am looking into wiring the accessories. The immediate concerns are the...
I replaced the float and seat and needle, but seems like I need another 2 mm to have the needle seat against the brass fitting when the float is horizontal. Does anyone bend the float shaft a hair to make the float needle seat properly? the engines seems to be flooding.
is there a good way to tweak the needle at the carb float so it is properly seated? It seems like when the float is horizontal, the needle is still not all the way in. This is why I am flooding the engine.
okay, the engine is flooding. Runs great when I let the fuel poor out the bottom of the carb bowl, runs bad when I carb bowl nut back in. I replaced the carb float and fuel pump. It still seems to flood. Could I have a faulty fuel pump? Bad diafram? It doesnt seem like the needle goes bad...
Re: 1969 Johnson 40 HP - Funky Carb Problem Again!
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I was looking at the exploted part diagram of the carb, and I noticed that don't have part #82. Could this be the problem...
The carb seems to be feeding the engine too much fuel. When take the bolt on the bottom of the carb out, fuel leaks out but the engine runs great. I replaced the float, and its still happening. Could it be the needle valve? Do you have to adjust these? What is going on?
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I have an old aluminum starcraft and it has a battery to run the horn, lights and pump. Currently the positive and negative terminals of the battery are wired to everything without any clips or plugs. They are basically twisted on each other by hand. Is there a better why to do this so I...
The motor seems to be getting too much gas. When I started the engine, it seemed to be running rich so I took out the bolt and packing on the very bottom of the carb. When I did this, gas was continously pooring out of the bottom of the carb, but It ran great with plenty of power. When I...
Engine runs great, just came out of the shop. But when I have it full throttle it takes longer to get to full speed. A few waves and bumps and the engines revs a little a time. Good this be reed valves? If so, where are they?
I just test ran this thing on the lake after its been in the shop for three weeks. Compression test was good, good spark, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump, spark plugs. It ran real good, and sounded real good, the only thing is it is slow to accelerate. It takes a good 2 minutes sometimes for it...
Alright, this thing has been with the mechanic for two and half weeks and counting. I called today at 2:30 pm when they close at 7 pm to find out what the status is. The guy said that the mechanic was "working" on it. How long does it take to troubleshoot this engine if you are an experienced...
Having some issues. When I finally get it started it idles rough. When I try to rev up the engine there 5-6 second delay when it goes from the rough idle to a higher RPM and then it eventually stalls out. I recently replaced the fuel pump. Any suggestions? The condensors, points and spark...
