Recent content by The Worminator

I had an emergency appendectomy 2 weeks ago and haven’t gone back out until the last two days. They’re chasing here in Michigan! Now I got this guy out and about in daylight! He’s a 10 point.

I ended up figuring out the brand new Chinese fuel pump was the issue. It worked for about 10 minutes! Old one back on and she runs like a champ.

I’m after this guy, but, they frown upon lights…guess I will be waiting for the pre-rut to start. Lol

I tried both, they both do the same thing. I did place the tank in the boat, and no luck. I just don’t want to spend the money on a new fuel tank and have the same issue. Lol

I picked up a ‘68, and definitely like the newer cable one, when I parted them together I went with that.

I’m at a loss. When I started today, the primer ball would get rock solid, and it would run for about 3 minutes and then air would start appearing between the fuel pump and carb and it dies. Then the ball wouldn’t get hard anymore, so I got a new one, and it still would not get hard priming. I...

Sorry, forgot to say it’s a 65/68 sportwin 9.5

I got my engine all back together and now I have a fuel supply problem. Even with a new fuel pump, I have to constantly squeeze the ball to maintain fuel supply. Is this a carb issue? I replaced the exhaust skirt gasket and It runs beautifully otherwise. Those obviously shrink when they dry out...

Do those skirts shrink over time? I can see light passing right through on both sides on both motors!

The current state of the ‘65…😂

I have the replacement skirt/gasket ordered. Shift rod boot looks fine so hopefully that works. Thanks for the link😎

I have a trickle of water coming out from the power head, under the flywheel, spilling onto the pull-start. Can anyone tell me where that would be coming from? I recently picked up this ‘68 Sportwin cheap as I have a ‘65 Sportwin that only runs at full power with the cover off. I was hoping to...