I'm working on the boat again. A family member took it out in November and said that it ran fine. But one of the Snails is now gold from heat and one the Exhaust tube on that side had a hole in it that you could put your fist in.
We took it out 2 weeks ago for a pre-season trip and it ran like CRAP. It was like it was dead on one Cyl. So I pulled the carb and rebuilt it.
So I put the carb back on and off to the lake we go. Still runs like crap and it dies 100 yds off the ramp and won't start. So I swim it back to the ramp and get the truck, give my parking slip to a family trying to get the machine to work and head home.
I get home and it still won't crank. So I pull the plugs and find one is gapped at .020 not .045 and two of the plug wires got hot at the Spark Plug side and had melted.
I've been through the plugs, wires, starter, and solinoid. Checking all of the connections to make darn sure that they are all tight. I've had the starter tested and the battery checked out.
I am replacing the key switch in hopes that it will solve the rest of the electrical problems. Man I hope this works.
I'm puzzled at how only one plug could have been gapped at 1/2 it's original gap. Is it possible that when it got hot that only one piston could have streached up and smacked the spark plug enough to lessen the gap? (I would not think so) More likely Dude took the plug out and smacked it putting it back in because it was so hot and he got burnt. :220v:
Any way, Hopefully we will be back tot he water this weekend.
What a Pain in the ARSE this is :cry: .
But it all seems worth it when we are on the water.