Recent content by notsgnivil

I have one which I used to use with the 80 litre Cruisetank, but now I'm running 2 X 23 litre plastic tanks. I have a new inline filter for under the cover arriving this week. Water in fuel has never been a problem for me.

New water pump kit already put in. Awaiting delivery of fuel hoses.

That's interesting dingbat. It was all quite black in colour and sort of gritty. Not really hard, sticky or resinous as you'd expect from fuel lacquering residue. The lines under the top cover look pretty good, but the tank line is a bit weathered. Might be worth replacing.

Yeah, I don't have an over-wintering problem here, but I guess I never expected to have the boat sit idle for as long as it did. All fixed now and no real harm done.

I think I'd be inclined to toss that away. Then again, maybe not if it was only crud. How was it running? Turns out my water pump was fine as well. I'd only recently replaced it not long before it went into disuse. Turns out there was a blockage up at the nylon elbow on top where the telltale...

Main jets and bowls full of crap. Jets almost complete blockage. Easy fix but I'll put the replacement kit components in anyway. Before and after of 1 main jet. Top Carb was the worst. Some of the crap that came out.

Model J70PLSSD has sat for quite some time. With Covid lockdowns here in Australia, among other things, it has only been used about 5 times in 6 years and not started at all for at least 12 months, or possibly more.) I started it the other day and it was not too difficult to get going. I had to...