Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:37:24 -0700, wrote:

**** The Bulb does not collapse. I think I said when I pump it by
hand, I can squeeze it till it's flat
D'Oh!!

That's collapse.


You gotta pump that ball until it stays up & firm........



It shouldn't require all of that pumping and his obviously isn't working
correctly. He has a problem with the vent or something like the filter
on the other end of the line.

wrote:
Yes, but the bulb won't go flat on it's own.





So your vent is probably fine. You have a restriction between the fuel
and the motor.

Today I took off the hose assemble that goes from fuel pump to carbs.
It's hard for me to blow through it, I think it may have restriction.
I also noticed something else that may be strange. When I put the
motor in reverse today, it seemed to rev more than in forward. That
may be just the gearing, not sure though. If it does get gas better in
reverse, I should look for a linkage problem?

wrote:
Today I took off the hose assemble that goes from fuel pump to carbs.
It's hard for me to blow through it, I think it may have restriction.
I also noticed something else that may be strange. When I put the
motor in reverse today, it seemed to rev more than in forward. That
may be just the gearing, not sure though. If it does get gas better in
reverse, I should look for a linkage problem?


I doubt it. The reverse gear ratio will make the motor rev higher.

Dan

That's what I thought. I think it's safe to say it's narrowed down to
between the fuel pump and carbs. I have plenty of pressure on the
pulse fitting, new fuel pump, new lines and tank, so I'm hoping I get
this fixed this week!!

wrote:
That's what I thought. I think it's safe to say it's narrowed down to
between the fuel pump and carbs. I have plenty of pressure on the
pulse fitting, new fuel pump, new lines and tank, so I'm hoping I get
this fixed this week!!


Good luck!

Dan

Just got off the lake.. Running better than it ever did since I've
owned it!! This is a 1999 which has sat since 2000 and I bought the
boat this last winter.
All this after redoing lines, tanks and a new fuel pump!!! I had
just started into taking apart the carbs and found that the needle
seat on the top carb wasn't tight and the needle was jammed,
preventing any gas from getting into the top carb. Having one not work
means there's less power fro the fuel pump too. I found the high speed
jet, right inside the bottom of the emulsion tube orifice. Cleaned
them with a guitar string, but they seemed fine.
While I was at it, I put in a new fuel filter and redid the nylon
cable ties with new ones and went with hose clamps where there was
room.
I can push 6000rpm now and it's smooth all through the throttle. It's
nice to have a useable boat again, I lost a good month and a half of
boating due to all this.
I wouldn't have thought it would be the carbs, it was the last thing
on my list to check over, since when I pumped by hand it ran. I thing
the extra pressure of pumping by hand was forcing some fuel into them,
but still not enough.
Anyway, running like a top now, thanks everyone for helping, I should
still get some good run time in!