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Gamefisher 1.2
"SteveB" wrote in message ... "mmc" wrote in message g.com... "SteveB" wrote in message ... I got a Gamefisher 1.2 hp trolling motor with my boat. It cranks and spins, but has varnished gas. I drained the gas, and will take off the fuel line, filter, on/off valve, etc, and flush with clean gas. 50:1 is recommended on the plate. Anyone have one of these? Helpful hints? I want to use it for slow trolling for bass and trout. I talked to a couple of people who had them and swore by them. See a lot of them on ebay under Tanaka. This one is an old Sears. Gotta modify the barrel so I can hang it in the water and get it running. Doesn't look too complicated, probably just some cleanup and gunk removal. Is there any solution one uses to soak carb bodies to get off that crud? Steve Take the carb off, remove the bowl with the carb upside down. Generally there is a fat pin that holds the float which probably has a fork which holds the needle. Remove those parts. maybe take a picture so you can see how it all looked before the operation. Clean the crap in the bottom of the bowl and all the passages with spray carburator cleaner, wear safety glasses as unless you know where the passages lead you might end up with an eyefull of carb cleaner. Wouldn't be fun. When you've got everything hosed out, inspect the gaskets and if damaged during the disassembly, replace with new. If you can't find factory gaskets for that motor, the auto parts store should have gasket material you can cut with an exacto knife to make new gaskets using the old as patterns. What are the chances of that? I spent my evening doing exactly that! It has plenty of spark. Tomorrow, I will get a foot of fresh hose, some proper clamps, and a couple of missing tiny lock washers. It looks like it should fire right up. Steve Hope it fires right up! |
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