misery
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2010
- Messages
- 98
Hey folks. I just wanted to report back on my tribulations with a poor firing motor.
After a few hours of checking things and fixing small problems and potential problems, I determined that the power pack on the port bank was faulty. A new one was ordered and installed. The boat was splashed with anticipation of nice cruise with a good working motor.... Hmmmm this thing works like crap. It wouldn't run well at all at lower rpms and was drinking fuel like it was a frat boy on friday night. turned out to be loose welsh plugs over the low speed jets. New welsh plugs were installed and the boat was dunked again. With baited breath I idled out to deep water and pushed the throttle down.... A spectacular holeshot was the result. the old bathtub never worked so good, it lept up on plane and topped out at at 47 mph. Not bad for an old boat with a paper towel paint job and a dirty bottom.
Thanks for all of your input and wisdom. Iboats saved my summer!
P.S. I recently picked up a 70 hp evinrude triple,its about the same vintage as my 90 hp (86) are there any interchangable parts on these two motors? the 70 hp ventilated the base with the big end of a connecting rod so the powerhead is an anchor but the bottom end is supposed to be fairly new.
After a few hours of checking things and fixing small problems and potential problems, I determined that the power pack on the port bank was faulty. A new one was ordered and installed. The boat was splashed with anticipation of nice cruise with a good working motor.... Hmmmm this thing works like crap. It wouldn't run well at all at lower rpms and was drinking fuel like it was a frat boy on friday night. turned out to be loose welsh plugs over the low speed jets. New welsh plugs were installed and the boat was dunked again. With baited breath I idled out to deep water and pushed the throttle down.... A spectacular holeshot was the result. the old bathtub never worked so good, it lept up on plane and topped out at at 47 mph. Not bad for an old boat with a paper towel paint job and a dirty bottom.
Thanks for all of your input and wisdom. Iboats saved my summer!
P.S. I recently picked up a 70 hp evinrude triple,its about the same vintage as my 90 hp (86) are there any interchangable parts on these two motors? the 70 hp ventilated the base with the big end of a connecting rod so the powerhead is an anchor but the bottom end is supposed to be fairly new.
