ok Sea trials have commenced. First I ran into a problem (and fixed) with the starter solenoid which I wont get into right now.
I did not drill ,tap or modify the cooling system at this time.I will mark the fuel inlet about mixing oil.
She starts and idles at cool temp, and off it goes! 140hp in a 15′ boat, lookout. I put super high octane in and I’m running the tcw3 at 32 to 1 for the moment.
Ran awesome for about 1000feet, then the power dropped, then came back.. did a few madman loops around the bridge pillars and came back. More Power randomly drops. but comes back.
got the laser temperature gauge out, the top of the cylinders topped out at 145degrees, The Crank area in the engine center below the flywheel was significantly higher 179+ deg
I never got a reading above 200 anywhere. the muffer assembly never went over 140 degrees
after the run and at full temp, it just will not idle for long. it dies after a sec. then won’t restart without being choked. (since my switch is broke and won’t run the electric choke, (new ignition switch on order) I have to open the hatch and do a manual choke.
but the most significant thing is the sticky trigger plate is back!.. but only for the last .75 inches of the travel of the plate. the spring coiled around the pivot that makes the spark advance isn’t strong enough to overcome the last 3/4 inch.. weird. It was perfect when I re-assembled! (Im going to see if it works right again after it cools off?!)
solve 2 issues then 2more pop up!
