Hi all,
My engine is hard to start w/o starter fluid and will occasionally backfire during this starting process. Also, I am not getting an accelerator pump shot.
It took me forever to get the timing even close and I think I fouled out the (new) plugs so I wire brushed them and put them back in. But that was two weeks ago and the boat has run several times since then although not since Saturday.
I rebuilt the 2bbl Rochester POS. The carb was previously full of water and really disgusting, so I let it soak in carb cleaner for a while and cleaned it up real good. The one alarming fact of the carb is that the little retainer that holds in the check ball under the main venturis is STUCK in the carb, and trying to remove it only makes it worse since little chunks of the retainer come off on my pliers. So, I figured what harm would it cause leaving it in there, at least the check ball hasn't been lost.
I had problems with gas coming out of the carb before, but just today I installed a new float and set it to 3/8". I haven't started it yet because the battery was dead and I just put it on the charger. Could this be a check ball problem?
I also apparently lost the check ball to the accelerator pump. I figure this why I'm not getting a pump shot. Where is this supposed to go, directly under the pump itself or one of the holes in the fuel bowl? I have some Quadrajets lying around, I'm going to see if the check ball can be used from that carb.
My engine is hard to start w/o starter fluid and will occasionally backfire during this starting process. Also, I am not getting an accelerator pump shot.
It took me forever to get the timing even close and I think I fouled out the (new) plugs so I wire brushed them and put them back in. But that was two weeks ago and the boat has run several times since then although not since Saturday.
I rebuilt the 2bbl Rochester POS. The carb was previously full of water and really disgusting, so I let it soak in carb cleaner for a while and cleaned it up real good. The one alarming fact of the carb is that the little retainer that holds in the check ball under the main venturis is STUCK in the carb, and trying to remove it only makes it worse since little chunks of the retainer come off on my pliers. So, I figured what harm would it cause leaving it in there, at least the check ball hasn't been lost.
I had problems with gas coming out of the carb before, but just today I installed a new float and set it to 3/8". I haven't started it yet because the battery was dead and I just put it on the charger. Could this be a check ball problem?
I also apparently lost the check ball to the accelerator pump. I figure this why I'm not getting a pump shot. Where is this supposed to go, directly under the pump itself or one of the holes in the fuel bowl? I have some Quadrajets lying around, I'm going to see if the check ball can be used from that carb.
