Hello all, I just want to put this out there...I was having issues of bogging down at speeds above idle. It was not getting sufficient fuel to keep up. I spent a lot of time and $ replacing parts, rebuilding carbs, and trying to adjust. What I finally discovered was that my triangular fuel pump...
THANKS CHRIS OLSON!
You put a lot of time into helping me and I appreciate you very much for that! My motor is now running great and I look forward to many hours spent on the water. I hope that others too may benefit from this post, especially after you uncovered the errors that have been...
Thanks Chris Olson. This is very helpful. I'm getting very frustrated with the downloaded manual I have from PDF Manual Publisher 2005. It is very sketchy. Any recommendations for a better manual going forward?
In your step 4, can you identify from the picture below can you identify the...
I do have a service manual and I just read through the steps again for the Idle Mixture Adjustment. Once again, the way I read it, after I have adjusted the idle mixture screws on each of the carbs, it then states to adjust the Idle Stop Screw to the 550-650 range. Please see below snip...
OK Thanks for your reply. I have a few questions. Sorry, I'm learning. Below is a picture of what I was adjusting that I thought would simply bring the idle up and down. It wasn't really responsive in that way. In fact after I messed with it I had a really hard time starting and keeping it...
UPDATE: I went back to my fuel pump. I had replaced the diaphragm awhile back before this weird issue started. At that time my motor was surging at idle. I read that it was a classic fuel pump issue, so I obtained a replacement diaphragm from a local repair shop. So until now I had ruled out the...
Racerone: If it were not for others on this forum that truly want to help without the overtones and sarcasm, I would not be wasting my time here. FYI: I have spoken with my local Mercury dealer, and had another experienced mechanic look at it. I’m just a newbie (seaman apprentice) to this form...
Thanks Chris Olson: This is very interesting. I have not heard or read about this. Would you mind explaining how the reed block works? Is it a thermal break that somehow resets when cooled? Or is a reed block something that is just mechanical (meaning nothing to do with overheating)? Could it...
Thank you guys for your all inputs. I just wish I knew someone who either has my same motor or has actually had it in their hands and could definitively say yes, you have a thermostat, yes you have a thermal sensor, and yes there is or is not a “limp mode” on this model. I can’t physically see...
Thank you guys for your all inputs. I just wish I knew someone who either has my same motor or has actually had it in their hands and could definitively say yes, you have a thermostat, yes you have a thermal sensor, and yes there is or is not a “limp mode” on this model. I can’t physically see...
Thank you guys for your all inputs. I just wish I knew someone who either has my same motor or has actually had it in their hands and could definitively say yes, you have a thermostat, yes you have a thermal sensor, and yes there is or is not a “limp mode” on this model. I can’t physically see...
Interesting. I just don’t see any signs of anything getting wet. I wasn’t aware of a voltage difference in stators. When I suspected a bad stator and pulled out the old one, it was black. I just replaced with what I read was the CDI replacement. It is not black, and not really red either
Ok, I think common consensus is that item 35 is the OT sensor. You sound pretty confident that I indeed have a thermostat on this motor, while Chris1956 doesn’t believe it has one. ?? Thanks
