Recent content by runninfarmer

Not sure, do you all think it was caused by the dreaded cracked cylinder head that they're infamous for? I basically got it super cheap and previous owner said it was running rough. Fresh water motor only and super clean on inside. Only real issue is that cylinder. The head gasket doesn't seem...

Hi, I have a 2000 BF130 that has 210-220 psi compression in cylinders 1,3, and 4, but 175 psi in cylinder 2. I scoped it and there is light corrosion all around the cylinder. After I remove head, If I clean corrosion, would it be good to go with new head gasket? Im aware of the head and cylinder...

The latch is free and it's not running into the cowl. Seems like something up top is keeping it from sliding all the way down by it's impossible to tell. I might be able to get a boroscope up there to see.

Hi, I recently purchased a 2000 Honda bf130 and I’ve never owned a Honda before. I got the motor with the cowl off and I can’t seem to figure out how to get it to close. There’s something preventing the front going down. Is there a trick I’m missing?

I went ahead and coated the outside surface of the seal with sealer. Seems to be working well, as i didn't get any oil pouring out the weep hole! Funny enough when I pulled the drive, I found two plates at the bottom of the exhaust hole of the bell housing. I believe they're remnants of the...

Do you think I should put the oil seal in place with gasket sealer or oiled sides? The manual states to lightly oil the bore.

I bought kit 26-88397A1. It comes with one double lip seal. Is that all I need? I saw there’s also a larger diameter seal, but I don’t see one in my gear case. This kit comes with a large one, but I don’t know where it goes?

Well, I was in denial, but turned out it was the upper drive seal and it looks like there was a seal out of place. Looks chewed up.

Well I think I discovered my issue. I found an additional seal on the drive shaft below the carrier seal. I’m assuming that’s not correct? This would have prevented the carrier seal from going all the way down?

Inside of pump housing:

Splines are dry, but shaft was wet to about right at base of splines and on top of pump housing all wet with oil. Also from what I can tell, it was dry around the quad ring, so I think that seal was working correctly.

tried it again, this time with aviation gasket sealer on the quad ring. Happened again. One thing to note, I still had the reservoir cap on, but vent hole plug was out to vent. Does it matter if that cap was on though it was venting? I noticed after dropping again the shift seal was dry but the...

Hi All, I recently replaced the water pump on my Alpha one, Gen 2 drive (2002 year). I also replaced the quad ring seal. After I got the lower unit back together, I went to refill the lower unit and it started puking out of the weep hole. After I dropped the lower unit again, I noticed the quad...

Hi All, I’m redoing a floor using contact cement on BCX coated with Spar Varnish on Nautolex Interwoven Cool. I’ve done this many times with Shark Gray nautolex. This time around I’m having issues. The main issue is with the contact cement dissolving the spar. I usually try to do a light coat...

Which red and red/white wire? It looks like I'm just missing wires to the tachometer/gauges? I'll take a couple pics of my connections when I get home later.