Hey guys,
I had my boat out for the first time yesterday and it was a Great Grady of a time!! I have been working on it on and off for the last 8 months now(mostly off). Well after all the great studies on the threads and questions answered here out it went and came back!! Just sticking within a mile from shore "just in case". The only real concern I had was the throttle. I has replaced the gear cables last fall because it would not engage into reverse, so I replace both at one time, problem was fixed. When I went o give it some gas to really test it, at times it would not respond with only a weak response. I trolled for an hour and had it stall out on me a couple times at low rpm. O then took it inshore to do some low speed cruising and sight seeing. After a while I decided to go faster but it pretty much stayed at the speed even when throttle was all the way down. Every once in a while it revved/chugged like it wanted to go faster but stayed slow.
I just went through some threads and one said a ball valve at the tank. Any other thoughts? I replaced the fuel filter as well. Thanks, Norm
I had my boat out for the first time yesterday and it was a Great Grady of a time!! I have been working on it on and off for the last 8 months now(mostly off). Well after all the great studies on the threads and questions answered here out it went and came back!! Just sticking within a mile from shore "just in case". The only real concern I had was the throttle. I has replaced the gear cables last fall because it would not engage into reverse, so I replace both at one time, problem was fixed. When I went o give it some gas to really test it, at times it would not respond with only a weak response. I trolled for an hour and had it stall out on me a couple times at low rpm. O then took it inshore to do some low speed cruising and sight seeing. After a while I decided to go faster but it pretty much stayed at the speed even when throttle was all the way down. Every once in a while it revved/chugged like it wanted to go faster but stayed slow.
I just went through some threads and one said a ball valve at the tank. Any other thoughts? I replaced the fuel filter as well. Thanks, Norm