I finished installing my rebuilt engine this weekend, and had a couple of questions I'm hoping someone, can help me with.
There is a wire that goes from the fuel pump to the solenoid. When removing the old engine, I tagged that wire as 'P terminal, solenoid'. As most of you are saying to yourself..'but there is no 'P' terminal on the solenoid'. And you are correct. The question(s) is: Did I simply misread the 'R' as a 'P', or was I just lazy and didn't want to write 'Positive' out in its entirety. Can anyone tell me what this wire is, and where I should be attaching it? I'm really bad when it comes to electricity, but it seems to me that if it went to the positive terminal, the fuel pump would run everytime I turned the ignition to 'on', thereby rendering the oil pressure switch useless.
Next puzzle: My engine does not seem to get up to temp. I managed to fry my temp gauge (see above comment regarding electricty), and have been running the engine with no gauge, just feeling the top of the thermostat housing as it warms up. Problem is, it doesn't warm up. I can touch the side of the block, just forward of the water jacket side plate (which I evidently had installed upside down) without burning my hand. I cannot touch the head, and the nearer to the head I touch, the hotter it gets, but I've never had a motor that I could actually touch the block after 30 minutes of running..Is this normal, or is it running too cold? Top of thermostat housing remains cold throughout.
Last question, one that I probably know the answer to. I cannot seem to get more than 2 knots at full power. bottom of the boat is filthy, I spent an hour swimming under and around it scraping all the growth off today. I got most of the bad stuff, and the prop is reasonably clean. So, the A4 will barely push the boat in forward, but my little 4hp kicker will get it up to 3-4 knots. Am I correct in thinking this is probably an adjusting collar issue? I can't bear the thought of spending another hour tucked in the far corner of the port quarter berth.
Thanks!
There is a wire that goes from the fuel pump to the solenoid. When removing the old engine, I tagged that wire as 'P terminal, solenoid'. As most of you are saying to yourself..'but there is no 'P' terminal on the solenoid'. And you are correct. The question(s) is: Did I simply misread the 'R' as a 'P', or was I just lazy and didn't want to write 'Positive' out in its entirety. Can anyone tell me what this wire is, and where I should be attaching it? I'm really bad when it comes to electricity, but it seems to me that if it went to the positive terminal, the fuel pump would run everytime I turned the ignition to 'on', thereby rendering the oil pressure switch useless.
Next puzzle: My engine does not seem to get up to temp. I managed to fry my temp gauge (see above comment regarding electricty), and have been running the engine with no gauge, just feeling the top of the thermostat housing as it warms up. Problem is, it doesn't warm up. I can touch the side of the block, just forward of the water jacket side plate (which I evidently had installed upside down) without burning my hand. I cannot touch the head, and the nearer to the head I touch, the hotter it gets, but I've never had a motor that I could actually touch the block after 30 minutes of running..Is this normal, or is it running too cold? Top of thermostat housing remains cold throughout.
Last question, one that I probably know the answer to. I cannot seem to get more than 2 knots at full power. bottom of the boat is filthy, I spent an hour swimming under and around it scraping all the growth off today. I got most of the bad stuff, and the prop is reasonably clean. So, the A4 will barely push the boat in forward, but my little 4hp kicker will get it up to 3-4 knots. Am I correct in thinking this is probably an adjusting collar issue? I can't bear the thought of spending another hour tucked in the far corner of the port quarter berth.
Thanks!
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