LakeTravisAlpha1
Seaman Apprentice
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I have a '95 Wellcraft Excel 19 SX w/ Mercruiser 3.0 Liter Alpha-One LX, #F452165 that appears to need a carb rebuild. The carburetor is a Rochester 2bbl. If I take the carb off tomorrow I hope to find a serial number on the back.
If so, is there a source that sells a rebuild kit for it or am I going to have to piece-meal one together in the hopes the guy on the phone looks up the right pieces?
The symptoms are this: After the boat sat for 8 years, I changed the oils, checked the plugs that were in good shape, rebuilt the starter and put in a new battery. After some pre throttling to prime it, the boat finally starts and runs fine for about 5 seconds before dying. There's no death rattle or sputtering like it's starving for gas, just a smooth shut down like i turned the switch off. When I got it started again I shot Berryman's B12 into the jets and throat and was able to keep it running as long as I kept spraying. So that hopefully tells me it's a fuel problem and not a spark problem.
I then unhooked the fuel line at the carb and bumped the starter to see if the fuel pump wasn't the culprit and gas squirted out.
Last, I pulled the little thimble size filter out of the carb where the fuel line connects and it wasn't dirty or clogged at all, just a very small amount sediment that would indicate the lowest point of the filter.
So I think I have tracked the problem up to the carb. Is there a good source for a Rochester 2 bbl. carb re-build kit?
TIA
If so, is there a source that sells a rebuild kit for it or am I going to have to piece-meal one together in the hopes the guy on the phone looks up the right pieces?
The symptoms are this: After the boat sat for 8 years, I changed the oils, checked the plugs that were in good shape, rebuilt the starter and put in a new battery. After some pre throttling to prime it, the boat finally starts and runs fine for about 5 seconds before dying. There's no death rattle or sputtering like it's starving for gas, just a smooth shut down like i turned the switch off. When I got it started again I shot Berryman's B12 into the jets and throat and was able to keep it running as long as I kept spraying. So that hopefully tells me it's a fuel problem and not a spark problem.
I then unhooked the fuel line at the carb and bumped the starter to see if the fuel pump wasn't the culprit and gas squirted out.
Last, I pulled the little thimble size filter out of the carb where the fuel line connects and it wasn't dirty or clogged at all, just a very small amount sediment that would indicate the lowest point of the filter.
So I think I have tracked the problem up to the carb. Is there a good source for a Rochester 2 bbl. carb re-build kit?
TIA
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