Kevin Smiley
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I had my powerhead rebuild last Aug. After putting in in the lake, it ran fine in forward idle, in the no wake zone. When trying to give it throdle it would die. I had to adjust the carbs to get it to run. Over the winter I had a mechanic adjust the shift as the lower unit would not fully ingage in reverse. He also adjusted the carbs for me. Again when it put it in the lake it ran the same way, fine in idle forward and die when giving throdle.
I adjusted the carbs again to get it to run. I have a Clymar manual. It tells me to set idle( I do not have a tach, guessed at the idle set between 700 & 1000) Turned all 3 screws out from lightly seated to 3/4/ turn. Started motor a little rough but it would run. Turned top screw counterclock wise unitl rough idle, turned it clockwise , idle got better, then increased a bit, the screw seated. I never acheaved a rough idle from a too lean mixture. Actually the idle seemed smoother at a seated position. The other 2 were the same so I set all three to 3/4 out. seems to be ok.
So here is the question... Finally... Am I doing something wrong?? Am I running the motor to lean?? I don't want to put another $2500 into a 89 Force. I'm still running the 1 pint to 5 gal. mixture. Will I have to readjust after going back to the 50:1 mixture?? Thanks for any advice or answers .
I adjusted the carbs again to get it to run. I have a Clymar manual. It tells me to set idle( I do not have a tach, guessed at the idle set between 700 & 1000) Turned all 3 screws out from lightly seated to 3/4/ turn. Started motor a little rough but it would run. Turned top screw counterclock wise unitl rough idle, turned it clockwise , idle got better, then increased a bit, the screw seated. I never acheaved a rough idle from a too lean mixture. Actually the idle seemed smoother at a seated position. The other 2 were the same so I set all three to 3/4 out. seems to be ok.
So here is the question... Finally... Am I doing something wrong?? Am I running the motor to lean?? I don't want to put another $2500 into a 89 Force. I'm still running the 1 pint to 5 gal. mixture. Will I have to readjust after going back to the 50:1 mixture?? Thanks for any advice or answers .