Re: 1965 Jet Star restoration
The saga continues.
The mechanic put on (another) choke solenoid, replaced the fuel pump, plugs, and 2 seals in the foot. The motor starts and runs, but there is too much slack in the throttle plate so the idle won't adjust. I'd love to post pictures, but my digital camera is kaput. What happened is that the torque generated by the starter loosened the left mounting bolt--which was barely engaged to start with--enough that the arm that transfers throttle motion from the cable to the throttle plate wiggles enough to prevent good tuning. The hole for that bolt was so close to the edge of the casting that it was bound to fail, and fail it did with part of the upper left corner breaking away. From the looks of it I'm probably at least the third guy to mess with it. What I propose to do is get some slow set JB Weld, get the bracket lined up, inject the two broken holes with JB, and run in the bolts as far as I can which will be about two threads each. Once that cures for a day or three I can put the beefed up aluminum strap back and hopefully that will do it. I'm no outboard design expert, but engines are not a mystery either. It seems to me that the throttle design on this motor is way too complicated for such a simple function because too many unrelated parts are involved: i.e. the starter bracket has to be perfect or the linkage can't be secured.
If this attempt doesn't fix it enough to use for a while I'll part out the motor and just wait till I can buy a new one.