And while I'm having a bitch... Blueyonder's news server has been playing up
BIG time so I've now lost older posts.

tch.


"David Rees" wrote in message
news:s8iVa.1353$nq.1@news-fe1...
Hi Gordon,

Engine problems - well, I changed the plugs and fiddled with the carbs.

I didn't have the balls to strip them down, just did the 1.5 turns
balancing
of the pilot screws and altered the main idle a little.

The engine is still a bit of a bitch to start but does now tick over. The
new plugs didn't seem to make a difference but the adjustments did. I have
a
feeling the timing may be out - when turning the key, more often than not,
the starter seems to struggle then bursts into life... maybe I'm wearing
it
out?

Unfortunately I'm completely new to boats & outboards but the idling still
seems very lumpy to me!

I'm now waiting for a local expert to help me but trying to find one
without
3 weeks backlog is proving impossible!

The only consolation is that the weather is now crap... always happens
when
I buy a summer toy!!! My Golf cabriolet resulted in the wettest summer on
record, my VW camper drew in the clouds like a magnet and now my boat is
pulling in the rain... yep, blame the weather on me!

So anyone in the Plymouth area want some cash for servicing my Mariner
60???

David (stuck ashore)



"Ged" wrote in message
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Hi David, sorry to jump on this post, but how did you get on with you're
engine problems?
Gordon.