Gas shooting out of carburator

I don't know about that, sounds pretty wierd shooting that high unless there's a high pressure electric pump instead of a low pressure pump. Might have a firing order issue blowing the compression back thru the intake.

Yes, The starter was just replaced. How can I tell if the rotation is correct.

How do I determine the firing order, spark plugs were changed at the same time as starter, he could have mixed up the spark plug wires.

What do you think about the gas? should I be on the safe side and drain it or do you think it would be a waste of time and gas?

Thanks 79 and gottaski, I appreciate the help.

OK Gottaski that makes sense I'm going to go look right now.

let us know what side the starter comes in from, trans side or engine side, sounds like you have a normal rotation starter and it plugs into trans side and reverses rotation,
are you trying a automotive starter???? did they match you one up at napa???   

I think it is the starter, I have the 1.000\1 transmission and he bought the RH starter. after reading some other threads here I am almost sure this is the problem.
The starter comes in from the engine side. It is a marine starter.

Thanks for the offer Eric, I really appreciate it .

My buddy who sold it to me just bought the
starter last week, so he is going to take it back to the marina he bought it at tomorrow. The guy there asked him which one it was RH or LH and he thought it was RH could't really tell since it wasn't turning at all.

I'm going to pick it up from my buddy's house on the way home from work tomorrow.Probably be Tuesday before I can put it on. I'll let you know how it comes out.

Thanks to everyone for the help, you really helped me figure it out.

Although its possible, Id be very surprised if you have a RH motor and 1:1 tranny. Most CC's starting in '89 have the 1.23:1 tranny with a LH motor. I believe most 89-94 1:1 boats were base model Ski Nautiques.

Now I'm confused...

the model of these trans would let you know which way it turns also, 10-17-004 normal rotation 10-17-003 right hand rotation, 10-17-002 normal 10-17-001 right , same trans except that the pump is flipped 180 for opposite rotation, so i guess we need a model number too   eric

79nautique- I'll take a pic when I get home (at work now).
The tag on the tranny says it is a 1:1, PCM40.
I will post pick tonight probably be about 8 -9 PM EST.
Thanks for your help.

I believe PCM also made a 1:1.

PCM puts its name on the transmissions, they really are a hurth, in which zf bought hurth out, they do have a 1:1 straght and a 1.23:1 in which it is a 10 degree down angle.
they are the bayliners of transmissions if taken care of though you could see 1000 hours out of them. they dont compare to a good old borg, they tried re-inventing the wheel.
I worked at Paragon power in the 80's and we also developed a trans for the ski boat market, we had many problems with it, and the owner of the company didnt want to invest anymore time and $$$$$$$ and dropped the project

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we need to know what trans you have, make sure you change the oil, you'll know when you need a trans, but a good indication is heavy drag in nuetral, the trans is probably fine. I cant tell what trans you have from your pics, snap a picture or pull the info off the tag. take care of all the things on the boat and water test, then will figure out from there if the boat has issues. dont forget to put the plug in lol eric     

Randy: Don't know the guys in Twinsburg but I have used Cleve Prop for many years and always happy. Never a problem. LOL

john

its a father and son business(hydramotive props) and they manufacture stainless cleaver props,I spoke to them a couple of weeks ago and did not realize that they repaired props but they do, they seem like straight shooters, I would call for pricing and compare, I know cleve prop just purchased a new balancing machine,ask her if she has a good used prop in the size you need, (vicki) for a spare.
you make the call on the new prop and spare. a used prop is as good as new. depending on your budget i would wait on a spare till you get her going in case you run into other problems

these are a transmissions that you'll want to change the oil on at least once a season or more. make it a point that everytime you change engine oil change the trans oil, once you get here going you may also want to check the alignment, the zf hurth pcm 1:1 cannot handle mis-alignment.if its been sitting for 2 years make sure you change the oil before you run the boat then change it again after you run it