So after a gruelsome 2 months of solid everyday work to get to this day on my new 72 T34c, all was great while launching...Newly stuffed boxes we good, my new raw water engine thruhull was good, my patched transducer hole held up, engine turned on an idled for about 15 minutes while we got ready for the 1.5 hour ride to her mooring...
but then, as I we got ready to leave, I put in reverse and she was backing up fine, better than my T27 actually, put in forward to do a tight turn and it bogged and shut down...
I tried again a few times in higher rpm and it just would not stay on in forward...a buddy came over and while looking at the engine to study what happens noticed when it shut down it would backfire and somewhere around the carb/oil fill area and a little smoke would come out of there...
I hit the search on the forums for possible fixes but have not had a chance to try any yet except change the coil...Could some of my valves be stuck and maybe cause this issue?
The engine is the original raw water cooled from 72. It sat for about 4-5 years prior to my launch from what I understand...while not in gear, she revs and sounds great...While getting her ready, I had converted to electric fuel pump, installed new racor filter, polishing filter, new plugs, new points, new igniter, acid wash...
We ended up just calling Boat U.S. to get towed as it was getting late and we figured we would just get her to her mooring and we would figure out the issue after hoping my engine is not actually blown. I never checked for cylinder pressure although I should have prior to launching...rookie mistake.
I will go to the boat this am to work out some kinks I did not get a chance to work out yesterday but, any other suggestions?
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