'77 9.9...It's Aliiiiiiive!

[chris in va]

I just spent the past month trying to get this thing started.<br /><br />New:<br />Fuel pump<br />CD module<br />Two coil kits<br />Spark plugs<br />Water pump kit<br />15hp carb/rebuild kit<br />Countless man hours<br /><br />I had been frustrated with it starting, then dying right away. First off, the original fuel pump was fine...just assembled wrong. Fixed that, same problem. <br /><br />To make a long story short, I found out it was the carb after all. In the instructions for the kit, it said to have the float level with the lip of the carb, and I left it at that. Today I remembered my 19' Caravelle had a bogging problem and I bent the float plate up some to cure it.<br /><br />Worked on this one too. Fired up on the first crank (using a drill on the flywheel). It was just getting too much fuel, and was actually running out the front of the carb.<br /><br />Whew. Maybe I can actually get it on a boat this weekend.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: '77 9.9...It's Aliiiiiiive!

Cool! <br /><br />With that 15Hp carb kit, that outta get up and go! (Just kidding. The kits are the same. )

 

[20/20]

Re: '77 9.9...It's Aliiiiiiive!

glad to hear you got it running

 

[chris in va]

Re: '77 9.9...It's Aliiiiiiive!

As a follow up I took it out for a 15 mile run (GPS measured) and it hardly had any real problems. First start of the day fired on the first pull, but was a little grumpy after sitting for 20 minutes following a full throttle run. <br /><br />Looks like with my new 9.5x10 prop it has a top speed of 24.5 mph with just me and the 14' jonboat. I'm impressed!