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Bellows can’t leak when boat is not in water it is cooling water from crack in hose or plastic water tube that goes through transom is cracked

Try cleaning and painting the carb Like merc oem carbs. If you bought a rebuilt carb they usually strip all the coating off them when cleaning and they look like chit quickly let alone in a humid environment. eastwood makes a ‘diamond satin clear’ that i used on the carbs for driver quality car...

Take the plugs out yiu dont have to over come compression forces. With plugs out you can turn it by hand …

Flooding or too rich plugs are fouled will always be a tough time to start. Get the carb straightened out test spark with gap tester. Might need to clean or replace plugs

That’s what a good dealer will do fair mark up and some support and service

Exactly get the tool, read the manual, and be patient. Its a two beer job… if you do the whole transom i was well over a 12 pk… as said you can make the tool if you can do light fab work or buy a non oem tool for $35

new to you boat i would expect to do some basic maintenance. Lack of maint has killed more boats than the hours put on them . suggested compression test to get a baseline. In all likely hood its probaly fine but if you are chasing performance issues do it as a sanity check. Also check plugs are...

just dump a little gas if you have good spark it will run for a few seconds , if it doesn’t you are missing spark strength spark timing or compression . sure ther is no vacuum leak under carb ? Last thing that was touched usually several base gaskets come with carb kit maybe not the correct one

About 1.5 turns out from fully seated Are u sure u have good spark would think 5 pumps is enough to cough . Man overboard switch tripped ?

Yeah if you want to use it that high. You loose like 20% of power at that altitude. yes normally you prop down in pitch and at 6 likely have to lean out your jetting, but you are only working with 6 hp, probably 4.5 at that altitude

Yeah I’m still playing vinyl…

Yes 4 blade will generally give up top speed but provide better holeshot, sternlift, and lower planning speeds. if you do loaded water sports like me its the way to go.

A 4 bbl and intake on the 4.3 should get you close to the 220 hp of the mpi. The 4 bbl 4.3 alfa reman engines merc sells are rated at 225 hp

Thats correct on my boat the carbed 4.3 came with a 1.81 drive, the mpi 4.3 which is 220 hp came with 1.62 drive as did the 5.0/220 hp carb and 5.0 mpi/ 260 hp. the drive ratio diff between a 1.81 and 1.62 is similar to about 2” in prop pitch . I repowered my boat from a 4.3 to a 5.0 with a...

I will play the other side of the fence. I had decent results from a whale tail on my 17 ft 3.0 l powered boat. Definitely improved holeshot and stern lift and only cost like $35-40 (plastic two piece) back in the day. Did cost some top end Mph. i suspect your boat like mine may have been...

Didnt know that thanks is that true for the older carbed models like i have

This is because the person you were speaking to wasnt born yet when they sold outboards…

Absolutely many a time had to re rebuild my carbs. agree completely on high quality kits and care on float adjustments mikes carb parts is a great place for quality carb kits and support only other thoughts are is igntion system in good order , advancing properly , hull clean and not water...

Doesnt the trim sender just change resitance as it moves i dont think there is voltage on it , or is it a different setup on these fly by wire newer boats?

Iff it has spark you aren’t getting fuel pour a little gas down the carb if ther is spark it will cough i assume you did an intial setting of the idle mix screw? Where did you get replacement carb from