Recent content by Grub54891

Under the carb won’t make the carb dirty. Neither will hooking up to the flame arrester. I would hope you are using a true marine carb! I’ve seen a few that were not marine carbs and our shop won’t work on any unless they change the carb, or have us do it.

So if I kiss the frog, will it turn into a princess?

Check for lost elderly people in the area? lol,

Switched a couple of mine to these Myself. No leaks and I think they are easy to hook/unhook.

Ah, I wasn’t aware that they switched over..

You just did!

Yes. They are the same as automotive seals.

Are the weights in the dizzy broken?

I usually dump the oil, put in the cheapest oil you can get along with the filter. Add a half can of seafoam, run it for a couple minutes. Repeat a few times and when the oil looks good fill with your normal oil. Seafoam helps flush the water out. This works if the water leak isn’t too bad. In...

I keep a container of acetone in arms reach whenever I’m rolling. It goes into the tub constantly. So far I’ve got ten years on the same rollers. When completely done for the day they get disassembled and totally cleaned. As I always say to the other techs, no job is done till all the tools and...

Interesting. I didn’t watch all the videos but, we on here know what happens when you bump the dock, sure a small ding in the gel coat, but a spider crack several inches long. Repairing something like that creates a rather large area. Using fiberglass/carbon fiber/or composite materials to me...

Grab the balancer with the belts off, see if it wiggles up or down and side to side. If so, it could be the crank as stated. Otherwise, sprinkle some water inside and outside the belt, if the noise goes away it is the belt, or something else. I did have a car that did that, it ate belts like...

Yes. Pictures are very helpful, before cleaning and after.

i use this style of wrench, stopped having issues with them...