First just want to introduce myself - newbie to the site. Been boating all my life - kind of backyard mechanics - at least on cars. Looks like a great site with a lot of good information. Hopefully I will be able to contribute to other topics as I build up my knowledg base.
Problem I have is with a 6hp Johnson Seahorse that was given to me. I'm guessing it is a 1960's model. Person who gave it to me told me it ran about 15 years ago.
Well tried to start and having a heck of a time. I was able to get it running after a hundred or so pulls. Ran it for 5 minutes seen that that impeller must be bad since nothing came out of pee-hole (another issue for later day). Once it cooled down - Went to restart - same problem - another 100 pulls
Here is what I've done.
1. Checked that fuel was going to carb - pumped ball up removed hose from carb - steady stream. During cranking it was only spitting gas no stream but I was guessing that was normal until motor catches. Since it did run when started I was assuming pump ok anyway.
2. Took off carb and jets and soaked it and blew everything out - did not looked gummed up.
3. Pulled flywheel - reset points off a little.
4. Check for spark. Was not a blue spark but some was there - I thought it looked a little weak but not sure of how big of a spark I should see with this motor - use to cars. Could not see it too well so I put a screwdriver and held on to to see if I got shocked which I did (my dad use to make me do this when I was kid - funny guy
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5. Pulled plugs and they looked dry (after pulling a bunch of time). Making me think that it is a fuel problem. Was not sure again not a lot of expereince with outboard - but with all the crannking I was doing. Its like it is Not enough gas pulled in to cylinders?
May be chasing a number of problems. Any help or advice would be appreciated. thanks in advance
Problem I have is with a 6hp Johnson Seahorse that was given to me. I'm guessing it is a 1960's model. Person who gave it to me told me it ran about 15 years ago.
Well tried to start and having a heck of a time. I was able to get it running after a hundred or so pulls. Ran it for 5 minutes seen that that impeller must be bad since nothing came out of pee-hole (another issue for later day). Once it cooled down - Went to restart - same problem - another 100 pulls
Here is what I've done.
1. Checked that fuel was going to carb - pumped ball up removed hose from carb - steady stream. During cranking it was only spitting gas no stream but I was guessing that was normal until motor catches. Since it did run when started I was assuming pump ok anyway.
2. Took off carb and jets and soaked it and blew everything out - did not looked gummed up.
3. Pulled flywheel - reset points off a little.
4. Check for spark. Was not a blue spark but some was there - I thought it looked a little weak but not sure of how big of a spark I should see with this motor - use to cars. Could not see it too well so I put a screwdriver and held on to to see if I got shocked which I did (my dad use to make me do this when I was kid - funny guy
))5. Pulled plugs and they looked dry (after pulling a bunch of time). Making me think that it is a fuel problem. Was not sure again not a lot of expereince with outboard - but with all the crannking I was doing. Its like it is Not enough gas pulled in to cylinders?
May be chasing a number of problems. Any help or advice would be appreciated. thanks in advance
