Follow up from the weekend. Got off work at 8am Saturday morning. Went home and changed , then hooked the boat up to the truck. Got to the lake and prepped the boat for unload and waited my turn in line at he ramp. Get boat in the water and then go park truck and trailer. Hobble back down the ramp and get into my boat. Blower running and lower the outdrive. Adjust throttle and hit the key. Cranks over but doesn't fire. Pump the throttle and try again. Same result. Unhooked the throttle cable so I could work it manually. Yes spraying gas into carb when throttle moved. Hooked back up and tried some more. Still wouldn't fire. Being by my self I couldn't verify spark. Well this was depressing. Cranked up the kicker and tested it out instead. Fuel connector and line worked fine at home but it didn't seem to stay primed at the lake. Well ok fine. After struggling with it I decided time to load up and throw in the towel.
Yesterday on the way home from work I stopped and bought an inline spark tester and a new fuel connector. Got home hooked it up and put the muffs on and turned on the water. Got back in the boat, turned the key to watch for spark. She fired off instant , no sputtering or rough running. Ran like a Chevy engine is supposed to. Well of course now that it's at home.
So now onto the next project. Test fit the new connector. It fits! This is the second one I bought, first was a different brand and supposed to be a 1999 Merc, wasn't even close to fitting .Had a bought a fuel tank with line and fitting With the engine a few weeks ago. That line and primer bulb were deteriorated so put a ton crap in the bowl filter bowl. Not a 100% none got past and into the carb so still need to pull it for cleaning. New inline filter installed in tank line now appears to run reliably in a barrel again so will give it another this weekend.
Jim Allen
