so this is a 1970's sea horse, its a 6hp, and It runs great works fine and all but the idle is just a little off. I work on boats for a side job but I have run into this situation before and been a little baffled. So what happens is that i have to turn the tiller arm throttle up a little to keep it running, for starting it has to be throttled just past start, to shift it has to be just past the shift marker and it wont go in to slow it just kills. Its a carb issue but not a carb cleaning issue, what happens is if you hold the inside flap open just a hair(manually throttle it up), all throttle positions on the tiller arm work properly as in the timing advances properly under the fly wheel... So the ultimate question is how do I keep the throttle up with out an adjustment screw??? Mind you these motors do not have a roller(they just have a little plastic piece that sticks up, some get grooved and worn but this one is good) and they also do not have a throttle adjustment screw to advance the throttle. oh and it is not the low speed needle adjustment either...
In the first pic you can see where slow naturally sits, and in the second pic you can see where I have to hold the throttle out to in order to keep it running in the slow position on the arm...
In the first pic you can see where slow naturally sits, and in the second pic you can see where I have to hold the throttle out to in order to keep it running in the slow position on the arm...
