Hi all,
I ran her for awhile today and have come to the realization that a carb cleaning/rebuild is going to happen in the spring but I'll run her one more time to get the stabil into the fuel system for the winter.
I reinstalledthe front units so the windshield supports could be attached.
I left a "lip" when I did mine. I left it high enough so I could use c-clamps to clamp the new ones in place while I PB's them in, I also did this for my motor mounts.
I've been running non-ethonal will that still be ok? I am going to assume non-ethonal is better regardless because most "including me" run it in all our small engines
In regards to the fuel system is it better to run the carburetor dry or leave fuel in it with stabilizer since it sits longer here in the north between seasons.
Thanks 😊
I put two coats of exterior grade paint on the pieces which should outlast me considering the originals basically had nothing.
I'll start reassembly this week and all that's left is the cover that goes across the stern (a section of it) and the rear of the side panels.
My main goal after she is...
I'm just a bit overrun myself since my neighbor feeds them all year so I'd be killing two birds with one stone so to speak , I like your "just kidding " ideas lol.
I figured while I had some time since I had the walk-through panels removed I might as well replace the rotted wood under the fabric.
It was alot worse than I imagined and the side pictured is the better of the two which made it very difficult to create a pattern but I did my best to follow the...
Wow I didn't realize there were so many different opinions on this.
I only said kit because I had seen a friend using something like a "kit" to winterize a boat but wanted to ask the experts 😊.
When I had pulled the motor tearing the boat down I drained the water from the block and manifold via...
Hi all,
This will be my first time winterizing my boat since I got her put back together after rebuilding and wanted to ask if there are good, better, best kits I should look for.
Thanks,
Jim
Hi all,
Got her running much better but still a little rough but I'm hopeful it's just the plugs due to the extreme richness I had been running it troubleshooting.
She ran for an hour while I was doing the timing and things I only went through a gallon of gas which I know not under load but with...
Just a little update. She runs albeit very rich which I'm attributing to a stuck float since it's been sitting 2 years but still gonna recheck timing etc after that and shifts so much better with an adjusted ESA.
Even though I have these small things happening it's still very satisfying when I...
Good evening everyone,
I have the trim system bled and all other miscellaneous things taken care of but as what seems to be typical with OMC I have a no spark condition but it's isolated to the distributor so it won't be big deal figuring it out. Many things have been changed since it was last run
I finally had some time to work on her and feel good about it!
Motor is in and aligned with cables all connected and adjusted along with getting the outdrive on. I also installed a new bilge pump.
I plan on purging the trim system tomorrow or Saturday then will work on getting it running at...
I am pleasantly surprised that I had no water mixed with the oil in the lower unit as well as not having alot of debris on the magnetic plug.
I wasn't in a hurry to drain the oil so I made a little dripper so the oil didn't run all the way down.
Alignment tool came today but I must say the videos I have watched just don't tell you the chunk of steel you're ordering!
Oh and that lower unit is never going in the basement again, I forgot how heavy it was lol
