they are in a tournament and need to get to their honey hole before anyone else,
and they can fish until the very last and still get to the weigh in station in time
did you clean the fuel tank?
seems like it ran well until it was put in the water and was moving back and forth. maybe there is some water in tank rolling around since there was rust in the high-pressure pump
I drop the lower unit off, hooked a hose up to the pipe heading up to the power head.
hook that hose to a pump sitting in a tub or bucket with the solution in it, pulled the stat out to allow the solution to flow freely thru the motor and turn on the pump.
make sure the tell-tale is routed down...
I agree with Bosco,
if it mattered, they would make them to only fit one way or give info on how they need to be installed.
And just for the info the fuel flows from the main jet to the idle/pilot jet to limit what both jets dump into the motor at High RPM there should be a rubber plug in the...