Forum: Troubleshooting
09-04-2013, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,389
This sounds all too familiar.
Add to this an oil pressure drop to 15 or less after three hours, and excessive cabin fumes despite a brand new manifold and you'd be describing my engine. I just suffered my final ruined weekend...
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Forum: Fuel System
01-20-2013, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,423
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Forum: Fuel System
01-20-2013, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,423
Carburetor flange bolts
I need to fabricate some new carburetor flange bolts out of threaded stock, but forgot to bring back one of the bolts to match the thread. Does anyone who's done this know the size and thread pitch i...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
09-03-2012, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,707
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Forum: Troubleshooting
09-03-2012, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,707
Low oil pressure
Thanks to some responses to a last posting, i managed to remove the old regulating ball and install the replacement old-style valve. Now, no matter how i set this screw, the oil pressure gauge pegs...
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Forum: Fuel System
08-25-2012, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,274
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Forum: General Maintenance
08-11-2012, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,427
Can't retrieve ball from oil regulating valve
When i reach in with a small flat blade screw driver i can feel it deflecting to one side or the other like its encountering something round, but i cant dislodge it. i didnt try turning the engine...
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Forum: Introductions
03-17-2012, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,352
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Forum: Troubleshooting
03-12-2012, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,436
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Forum: Troubleshooting
03-11-2012, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,436
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Forum: Troubleshooting
03-10-2012, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,436
Coolant leak at flange
I have a slow coolant leak that appears to be coming from the exhaust flange bolts or from the flange itself. Its not raw water; i can smell the antifreeze in the steam. The leak is only obvious when...
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Forum: Fuel System
07-05-2011, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,413
Thanks
Thanks to those who responded. Just to clarify, ive been experiencing consistent problems pretty much every aspect of fuel delivery with this engine. I had put in a new carburetor just before this...
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Forum: Fuel System
07-03-2011, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,413
Facet Pump Problem
Ive been experiencing shutdowns after variable lengths of running time. It seems to be a problem with the fuel pump. I disassembled it and cleaned out a bit of gunk around the filter and bottom seal....
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-02-2011, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,191
thanks
thanks for the suggestions. I do have a flexible magnet and tried it but without luck, which led me to just assume that the screw was stainless and thus not magnetic. I suppose when the new one...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-01-2011, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,191
Lost transmisison lock screw
The transmission collar lock screw worked loose and presumably is in the oil pan. I managed to fashion a replacement out of a 1/4 20 bolt so that i could at least get back into the marina, but id...
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Forum: Fuel System
02-11-2011, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,970
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Forum: Fuel System
02-11-2011, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,970
Carburetor problems
I have a recurrent starting problem that usually occurs after the engine has been unused for a week or more, and rarely within the same weekend once the inital drama has passed. Symptoms are inital...
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Forum: Cooling System
03-09-2009, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,416
Raw water leaking from exchanger
This is very similar to a recent post except that i know exactly where the water is coming from. It is spraying out like a sprinkler from the bottom rim of the Moyer heat exchanger tube. Like the...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
10-07-2008, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,348
Motor runs only with choke
I use my boat once every 2-4 weeks on the chesapeake. Ive learned to overcome what was a struggle getting it started by giving it full choke, setting the throttle wide open, and when it starts slowly...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
07-28-2007, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,245
guages not working
Having sucessfully rebuilt my engine, thanks to much advice from this group, I'm now trying to trouble shoot two guages that are not working properly. temp and Oil work fine. Fuel reads about 1/4...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-25-2007, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,029
Just a short note to follow up. I finally got a...
Just a short note to follow up. I finally got a chance to go back down to the boat and scrape a generous growth of barnacles off the propeller. The vibration subsided and the boat leapt out of the...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-04-2007, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,029
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-02-2007, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,029
Hmmm....go swimming or take the reversing gear...
Hmmm....go swimming or take the reversing gear all out again? Oh, yes, I like my prop idea better too! To be honest, i don't remember seeing that bearing during the removal and re-assembly process. I...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
05-29-2007, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,029
Thanks for the input. I will recheck the...
Thanks for the input. I will recheck the alignment when i get a chance. I will also bring a mask and check the prop for growth. Im in the chesapeake and that is probably contributing, if not causing,...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
05-28-2007, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,029
Vibration and sluggish speed
I recently put my engine back in the boat after a complete overhaul. The engine runs fine now, but although i left the engine mounts securely bolted where they were and re-checked the alignment after...
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