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July 30, 2015 at 9:51 pm #21276
david-bartlett
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    I put this motor in the bucket today and it fired on the first pull. Pumped water fine so I let it run for a while then put it on the boat and took the dogs for a ride.

    The motor sounds good considering it had not run since 94. Idles nice and slow and has good WOT speed for a 10hp motor.

    I have two new issues that I could use some feedback on.

    1.) The recoil seems to drag on the ratchet on the flywheel, making an annoying rattle at times, How do I deal with this?

    2.) I am pretty sure the fuel pump is weak. When running at WOT for just a bit, it will die as if it is out of gas. Pumping the bulb will start it right back up. If I just idle along it works fine, so I am thinking fuel pump. Tank vent is OK, tan is clean, carb is spotless.

    Thanks for any ideas.