returning point ..back on track!!!

Very nice! Must be relieving to have it running pretty good now.

got the alternator back in the boat..put a new startter selenoid..had to put 3 bateries to jump start..finally got it running...now it crages fine..let it idle a while to let the battery get charge..shut it down and try to restart it..goal....it fires right up..so out we went....
I can say now I feel some diference on those added horses...when you hit it, it puts your back against the seat!!!!

about the SS exhaust..its a little louder than the original ruber one...


after the ride I decided to check how the spark plugs are burning...





I removed all and they are all the same way...

and tommy here learning how to drive...

odd..went today after putting back the old 45 power valve which was in good condition....put the carb in the engine..jumped wires to the battery with a fresh fully charged battery..pumped fuel to fill the carb..one turn of the key..and she fired right up and kept idling with no adjustemnt done....a little high on the rpm as it was set before ..lower the screw adjusted mixture and thats it..now it idles fine..around 800-900 rpm...
so out we went to a little test drive....she is nearly hitting the 10 hours of use...I give it a little more than other times and now I feel the difference in the take off..she is really pulling....
then went back to the marina..turned off and tried to turn it with engine hot..it started perfect..no hesitation at all.
Alternator is in the shop to be rebuild, starter now works like a champ...maybe a new starter relay is needed or a new wire from it to the starter..at least I narrowed the problem to that two things....

well was a rainy weekend so I was able to go today in the morning to do some testings..So first attemp..the tic sound as when thers no tenough juice in the battery and the starter doesn´t kick in. we out another battery and the same....but the rear relay di some ticking sound...I gues I´m having a faulty switch there...We put the battery directly to the starter and it turned just fine..then with the engine running I was able to get some readings..the alternator is not charging readings are in about 12v with the engine runnning.
So we went to the carb tunning then...its still dripping lots of gas while at idle..adjusted the 2 floats and they are ok.. It seems that we are having a problem with the power valve? the original one that was replaces had the 4.5 stamped an the one that came in the kit is 6.5...that may be the cause of the rich running carb I guess...
So finally we removed both the carb and the alternator to have them check in the shop...
will report back...At least starter is working...

kapla wrote: LOL one thig I noticed with the engine, its now running cooler than it did previous to the rebuilt...it did run before in the 160-170 range..now its running in 150...no matter the rpm so far....Im running the same t-stat and impeller so no change there. Is it possible that now water is flowing better due to the clean up of the block and cylinder heads? I remember the water passages had some junk build up when I teared the engine out? Or more hp thus the engine is running with less effort?

You probably have a better ground than before.

I guess so then...and say 150 is a good Tº or is it a little bit Low?

LOL

one thig I noticed with the engine, its now running cooler than it did previous to the rebuilt...it did run before in the 160-170 range..now its running in 150...no matter the rpm so far....Im running the same t-stat and impeller so no change there. Is it possible that now water is flowing better due to the clean up of the block and cylinder heads? I remember the water passages had some junk build up when I teared the engine out?
Or more hp thus the engine is running with less effort?

Okie Boarder wrote: Sorry to hear you're still having trouble. Keep at it...if she's like a woman, you just need to push the right buttons to get her purring like a kitten ;-)

Hahaha, hey kapla, this is when I sell or trade.......   

Seb I'm not surprised the starter let go again, with the views you showed us in your other post, how can man concentrate!
Sorry to here your news, time to enjoy the views.

Sorry to hear about these problems Sebastian...
Yes boats are like women. Chantal sometimes calls ours a real b*tch LOL...
But in the end it will all work out, after a few more beers and lots of cursing

yes some times they are...

Stranded again with the starter..It worked fine for the last 3 outings but yesterday we force it a little bit as we were working on the carb...and crank it more than other time..It seems it got hot enough to cause new short...
About the carb it squirting uneven fuel while idling...and thus it shut off....under load or at cruise it runs fine...So we adjusted the primary float level but finally could not test it as it would not start again...So off the starter went again to the shop....

yes I know!!

well I got some input on the shaft seal issue..I spoke with the manufacturer.. It seems its to tight thus making the shaft to rub in the seal..thats why I get the reaised temp and the noise..I will have to take the seal out so he can put it in the Lathe to make it a little bigger....
BTw is the size of the nut that holds the shaft 1" 1/16? As it seems I will need to buy the tube as I don´t have one that big...

just wanted to say you guys TIM, ALAN, Eric, Pete, Greg, Lucho and all the ccf member for helping me out with my project!!!

Kap...very cool! I know you'll work out the details on the small stuff. I bet it is exciting for the boat to operate like a boat again. I'm looking forward to that, myself, in 4-5 months.