I thought about shaving it down but since I was in unknown land, i figured it was better to work the prop side just in case I messed up.. the boat doesn't stay in the water.. never longer than a day (morning to evening, usually not even that)..
Removal feels like the best option for me if I need...
I called a couple of places around here to see if they'd repair the old one. So far they say for outboards they usually just replace them. That they send it off for bigger direct drive props
Torqued it to 60ft lbs and it had a little bit of rub, so I grinded the 3 innards down a little more (it was only 1, but I didn't want to do it again so I took em all down a little more)...
Resembled and torqued.. spinning good, no rub.. seems good.. here's the final pics:
i guess the question...
So my prop has been pretty badly dinged up.. time came for me to finally replace it. after scouring the forums here and the internet.. it was either take a chance on a 70 dollar aluminum 15 spline 13.25 17p or buy used already with some dings on it for $200+ off ebay.. i decided to take a chance...
Sounds like low idle is a probable culprit. I'll tweak it some more next time I take it out to the lake. Maybe this weekend if not sooner. I have a can of starter fluid to test for air leak as well
Took the boat out for a couple hours this evening. Set the idle RPM to around 800 and in gear to 700. I have my carbs set to 1.5 turns out.. the boat is running great! My speedometer isn't functional, but my Garmin GPS fish finder says I'm going 27mph with about 500lbs of people in the boat...
I ordered the DVA adapter yesterday, set to be here Tuesday... But: I HAVE SPARK ON ALL 3 FINALLY!!!
Here's the sequence of events:
Wife told me she only saw spark on #1 when I turned ignition (as mentioned)...
I decided to roll back to my original CDI units, but wiring in number 3 coil into...
I'll look into it. I had my wife look right now when I tried to start it and she said only #1 was sparking when I tried to start it.. I'll backtrack and put the old CDI back on tomorrow and see if I can get it to at least run on 2 cylinders again.. will look into the DVA/dvm
Thank you for all the help. I can't even get the engine to start anymore. It starts for a moment then dies out. I've been trying to fix it for the past few hours and no luck.. It really sucks I just can't find a mechanic that will look at this engine for me.. Starting to feel like I should just...
Got some updates:
Received the new CDI unit. Connected it to power coil 3 and still have no spark on 3.. yes spark on 1 and 2.. the wire crimp was brittle and broke on the blue wire going into the CDI controlling coil 3.. I re crimped it. No change in result..
I unplugged the white kill switch...
Yes, I never moved the trigger wires, I just moved the 2 wires coming from the CDI to the same terminal points as the trigger wires. They matched up with the schematic..
I noticed in the drawing that the blue wire wasn't connected to anything... So I looked last night and on the terminals, it's...
It feels like what may be happening is a bad CDI (perhaps a bad blocking diode inside one of the CDI packs)..
from reading other threads, it sounds like I may be able to test this by disconnecting the white kill wire one at a time to see if it makes the other pack have spark..
Will probably...
