Brian E. Evans
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2008
- Messages
- 14
I bought a 5hp long shaft for our sailing club, So far they have put 80 hours on it.
A couple of small niggling problems the factory fixed , the Kill switch died, Lehr supplied a new one.
The defective switch had never been tightened properly and had fallen apart ( Qa Problem?) the new one now has 20 hours on it no problem
A mixture drifting problem was traced to the screw thread on the tapered needle in the carb being too slack. factory suggested a drop of Loctite, and told me if that did not work they would send me a new carb slide assembly.
The first clue that this is going on , is that the motor will not idle properly.
Other than that it works fine , starts every time, and as the gasoline motors wear out or get messed up by the gasohol, I will replace them with Propane motors.
Brian Evans.
A couple of small niggling problems the factory fixed , the Kill switch died, Lehr supplied a new one.
The defective switch had never been tightened properly and had fallen apart ( Qa Problem?) the new one now has 20 hours on it no problem
A mixture drifting problem was traced to the screw thread on the tapered needle in the carb being too slack. factory suggested a drop of Loctite, and told me if that did not work they would send me a new carb slide assembly.
The first clue that this is going on , is that the motor will not idle properly.
Other than that it works fine , starts every time, and as the gasoline motors wear out or get messed up by the gasohol, I will replace them with Propane motors.
Brian Evans.