Thanks for the heads up and info on that. I will plan on checking that next time I go out. I can already tell the water coming out of the tell tale is much much cooler than it was before doing the water pump. It would come out pretty hot, not enough to burn my hand but pretty dang hot. Now it...
With the help of my brother I was able to get the lower unit back on while ensuring the water tube seated into the water pump housing. She's got water coming out of the tell tale now. The shift rod adjustment is all out of whack now though.
Going to get that sorted and then go out for a test...
Welp, got everything put back together. Went down to the ramp to test it out and nothing was coming out of the tell tale. Only tried twice, idling it for maybe 10 seconds each time.
Everything went together well with the exception of the water tube. I had a very hard time getting the bottom...
Good to hear.
The old impeller came out with a standard round metal pin vs. the crescent moon type key that came with the kit. Assuming that's normal and they're interchangeable? I plan on using the new one either way.
I will get everything cleaned up and put back together with new parts and...
Quick update.
Finally got around to pulling the lower unit off last night. My first time doing one of these. From what I could tell the impeller itself looked like normal wear, but a few things stood out:
-The copper tube came out with the lower, I was expecting it to stay in the motor...
"It was replaced last season", so he says. With how relatively easy of a job it is, I was thinking about doing it anyway for the peace of mind (along with the lower unit gear oil). And with what you guys are saying I'm definitely going to get an impeller kit installed ASAP. Thanks for the...
Please bear with me here, I'm not looking for a definite root cause (I haven't gone through enough troubleshooting to give you guys enough info on the matter), mostly looking for verification that this is something I need to look in to.
I get a solid water flow from the tell tale at idle on a...
I was finally able to get the boat on the water without the foil installed. The steering felt more even turning side to side. Still slightly harder to turn left, wasn't sure if that was just a "normal" tiller thing (my first tiller boat), but definitely better than before. However it did take...
Yeah I should've stated the symptoms. It's much harder to turn the boat left than it is right. It causes the boat to want to slightly turn to the right once up to speed. However the boat does feel like it sits flat once up on plane with weight distributed evenly.
Currently working through my boat and fixing things done by the previous owner. (Can't believe I didn't notice some of this stuff when I bought the boat. This is my first boat, so has been a "great" learning experience)
Right now I am working on straightening the hydrofoil. Almost looks like...
Pretty sure I have my issue figured out.
Looks like the spark advance stop bolt also serves as the high speed throttle stop. (feel free to correct me if I am wrong on that) Duh. Looking back, it should've been obvious, but with my inexperience it didn't click right away.
(I was confusing the...
I am currently working on setting up link/sync and timing myself. And have been running into similar issues. (I posted a thread couple days ago describing my issue)
Is the throttle lever supposed to contact the engine block as a hard-stop for its upper limit when going WOT with the throttle...
After more research I am comfortable saying the most important of the carb/timing sync is having the cam follower leave/contact the cam right between the marks on the cam. This should keep spark advance synced with throttle position/engine speed. I have seen and read that you may need to...
And I am totally open to that, I have very little experience with outboards. It "felt" like it ran well, but I have no experience or reference to go off of. The poor idle led me to check the low speed needle setting. Factory setting is 1.5 turns out and adjust from there. It was sitting at...
I don't have any reason to believe there is anything wrong, yet. It was running when I got it. Seemed to run alright at WOT, but it wouldn't idle without giving it some throttle input, so I started down the route of setting low speed needle. When I went to do that, the retaining ring...
