Re: 1955 Fleetwin, running hot?

[shoestringmariner]

Thanks guys!
I will try and pull the head tonight.

@Fleetwin, I think I hit most of the points lost in the original thread, but I’ll try to add to it by saying that it started out running rouh after struggling to start it (20+ pulls) I may have got water on the lower boot when putting motor on the boat. It ran ok after warm up. I did manage to get my 12′ on plane and then I trolled for over an hour, no issue. I did a few short runs WOT bursts to other spots, then trolled…everything fine.
Longer WOT back to launch and I smelled paint burning. I eased the throttle but it felt like revs dropped sharply with minor grip movement and something felt "off". WOT again and it felt right, like it wanted to run at that speed if that makes sense. It was smooth save for a few misses. It felt like the time I forgot to put oil in the lawnboy gas (had a habit of adding oil to can before going to the gas station…oops) So this is why I wondered if I had run the motor with too lean of a setting or something

again, photos tonight if I can get to it