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Was able to get a couple hours at the boat this afternoon. Adjusted the carb cable and refilled the raw water filter and hoses. Opened the fuel valve for the first time and thought how I must get this line bled. Remembered a comment on here recently about using the mechanical fuel pump lever and thought why not! About 20 pumps later and I felt back pressure and the inline fuel pressure gauge gave a little jump. Went to the cockpit and made sure the choke was pulled out and gave the start button a press.
It turned over! Promising sign
After a couple of tries I could hear it wanting to start. Tried again but no go. So gave it a wee little more throttle and it came to life! Running but barely. Played with the choke and found that it preferred no choke on at all. Starts up within a few seconds.
Shut it down and sat back in relief! And big smiles
Hand a bucket of water on a ladder on the ground near the intake (yes still on the hard) and a short hose from it stuck into the seacock. It was sucking water but slowly due to the hose only being 5/16 id. It helped me find the manifold drain I forgot to put back in.
and that the standpipe drain has a slight leak from my poor brazing job. Will try and tackle that tomorrow.
The tach works as does the water temp and voltage gauges. The oil pressure gauge was pegged off the bottom of the dial and have no idea what is going on there. Will have a look at the wiring as well to make sure I didn't something stupid
The fuel pressure gauge works great and is showing 2-3 psi
On idle 700-1000 rpm the volt gauge is showing 13V. I have a digital gauge that is almost done wiring that will give me more precise measurement of the volts and amps from the alternator.
Still lots to do but wanted to thank all for the help so far.
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It turned over! Promising sign
After a couple of tries I could hear it wanting to start. Tried again but no go. So gave it a wee little more throttle and it came to life! Running but barely. Played with the choke and found that it preferred no choke on at all. Starts up within a few seconds.
Shut it down and sat back in relief! And big smiles
Hand a bucket of water on a ladder on the ground near the intake (yes still on the hard) and a short hose from it stuck into the seacock. It was sucking water but slowly due to the hose only being 5/16 id. It helped me find the manifold drain I forgot to put back in.
and that the standpipe drain has a slight leak from my poor brazing job. Will try and tackle that tomorrow.The tach works as does the water temp and voltage gauges. The oil pressure gauge was pegged off the bottom of the dial and have no idea what is going on there. Will have a look at the wiring as well to make sure I didn't something stupid
The fuel pressure gauge works great and is showing 2-3 psi
On idle 700-1000 rpm the volt gauge is showing 13V. I have a digital gauge that is almost done wiring that will give me more precise measurement of the volts and amps from the alternator.
Still lots to do but wanted to thank all for the help so far.
[YOUTUBE]cOL_TR2UiWQ[/YOUTUBE]
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