Boatnsteve
Cadet
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- Jul 17, 2011
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Hi all,
I just bought a used pontoon boat from a guy who was in the process of rebuilding it for himself before he decided he had to sell. The boat's previous engine was blown so he bought a 1995 Evinrude 90HP for it. I had a mechanic give it a once over and the only significant thing he found in need of attention was the water pump impeller (big surprise, right?
). After replacing that I took it out for it's first run and it performed like a champ. A very thirsty gas sucking champ, but a champ none-the-less.
I've never owned an oil injected 2 cycle motor before, nor have I ever used the controller type that came with it. This is the type with a single leaver with the push button clutch disengage and ignition key push-to-choke. It works fine except pushing forward puts the motor into reverse, pulling backwards goes into forward. Is there any way to change this? If so, how do I do that?
Second thing... how can I be assured that the previous owner, who never put this thing in the water, has the temperature and oil alarms hooked up properly? An alarm saved me from cooking my 4 stroke Honda last week (bad water pump impeller) and therefore I'm very interested in having them work.
I'd ask my mechanic these questions, but it's a new relationship and he's pretty busy now that high summer is here. I'd rather not bother him with stuff I could do with a little knowledge.
Thanks!
Steve
I just bought a used pontoon boat from a guy who was in the process of rebuilding it for himself before he decided he had to sell. The boat's previous engine was blown so he bought a 1995 Evinrude 90HP for it. I had a mechanic give it a once over and the only significant thing he found in need of attention was the water pump impeller (big surprise, right?
). After replacing that I took it out for it's first run and it performed like a champ. A very thirsty gas sucking champ, but a champ none-the-less.I've never owned an oil injected 2 cycle motor before, nor have I ever used the controller type that came with it. This is the type with a single leaver with the push button clutch disengage and ignition key push-to-choke. It works fine except pushing forward puts the motor into reverse, pulling backwards goes into forward. Is there any way to change this? If so, how do I do that?
Second thing... how can I be assured that the previous owner, who never put this thing in the water, has the temperature and oil alarms hooked up properly? An alarm saved me from cooking my 4 stroke Honda last week (bad water pump impeller) and therefore I'm very interested in having them work.
I'd ask my mechanic these questions, but it's a new relationship and he's pretty busy now that high summer is here. I'd rather not bother him with stuff I could do with a little knowledge.
Thanks!
Steve