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First let me state I only have a 2-way switch on my dash. Just want to be sure I'm clear after bouncing around the forums. The Sahara 500 is an automatic bilge with three wires. This is what I think I need to do:
Black wire to negative terminal
Brown/White/Tan to two way manual switch on...
Cranked my boat up on the ears to winterize and after 5 minutes of running stabilizer she cut off. Did everything I could to start the boat back up with no luck. Took it to a repair shop and paid $75 for this diagnosis:
Checked out and found no spark from ignition coils. Control box controls...
I've read and been told so many different "best way" to fuel my boat that it's confusing. I have a 1983 140HP 2stroke SuzukiDT140. Just bought it a couple of months ago and I've put 100% pure gas in it twice (no ethanol). It's an older gas station and I'm sure not many people by the pure gas...
The carbs were rebuilt last year and now the HC is telling me they need to be done again. If I'm an amateur mechanic can I do it myself? I don't have the $656 to do the 4 carbs and the thought of it sitting all summer makes me sick. I have a Solec manual for a 2 stroke 1984 mercury--75HP...
I know how to do minor repairs to my boat, but I'm not sure about this one. When I squeeze the bulb gas shoots out the lower caruburetor. What could be the cause of this?
