Suggestions, please: Rebuild recently completed. Engine starts immediately and idles beautifully, but when shifted to "forward," boat (30' Irwin) engine seems to labor and my top speed is not what it used to be. (4.5 vs. 6 knots)At full throttle, if I shift out of gear, engine races--except of course that I slow it immediately.
Boat is firing on all cylinders.
I thought it might be the propellor covered with barnacles, so I dived under and found a few barnacles, and some on the shaft, which I scraped off, with no change. The bottom was recently repainted, so it is smooth.
Can the transmission be tightened too much? It takes a firm push to get into forward.
I'm reasonably sure the shaft alignment is good, but I will recheck that.
If you rotate the shaft at the coupling while the boat is in the water, how loose should I expect to find it? Can the stuffing box be too tight?
What else should I check?
Addendum, 12/08/04
As I said further on in the thread, I think Don's FAQ that follows is on target, with regard to part of my problem. That is, the carburetor needed cleaning. Doing so improved the engine speed. But the engine still made a noise, and so to discuss that, I would like to end the discussion of this problem, and I plan to start a new "thread" with my new problem.
Boat is firing on all cylinders.
I thought it might be the propellor covered with barnacles, so I dived under and found a few barnacles, and some on the shaft, which I scraped off, with no change. The bottom was recently repainted, so it is smooth.
Can the transmission be tightened too much? It takes a firm push to get into forward.
I'm reasonably sure the shaft alignment is good, but I will recheck that.
If you rotate the shaft at the coupling while the boat is in the water, how loose should I expect to find it? Can the stuffing box be too tight?
What else should I check?
Addendum, 12/08/04
As I said further on in the thread, I think Don's FAQ that follows is on target, with regard to part of my problem. That is, the carburetor needed cleaning. Doing so improved the engine speed. But the engine still made a noise, and so to discuss that, I would like to end the discussion of this problem, and I plan to start a new "thread" with my new problem.
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