Hope Now I Will NOT Blow Up

[THEFERMANATOR]

If your distributor has a vacuum canister on it, that means it is NOT a marine distributor. And marine carbs do not have a vacuum hook-up as marine engines do not use it. Vaccum advance is there for auto use to advance the timing when the engine isn't under heavy loads to improve the economy. In marine applications this is not needed as a marine engine is always under full load at every given RPM point. You have just confirmed you have a truck engine in your boat. The next thing I would look for is a marine distributor to fit your engine as automotive distributors do not have flame arrestors in them to prevent sparks from igniting any fuel vapors. I would reccomend you get a timing light and set your timing to around 24-28 degrees total timing.

[BigDaddy]

Is it just me or does Ferm sound like he knows what he's talkin about.Saulte>

[tsubaki]

[BigDaddy]

Hey Ferm, how much for a diagonsictic?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by BigDaddy

Is it just me or does Ferm sound like he knows what he's talkin about.Saulte>

SSHHHH!!! Don't tell nobody. I used to work on cars for aliving and got into a bad car wreck, so afterwards I couldn't return to work. So I started to work on boats for people part-time when my body would let me. Haveing friends with boats can be a good thing. Unfortunately it led to my boat addiction. It also helps when I had a wrench in my hand before I could walk. I'm known to many as a jack of all trades, master of a couple. Sort of one of them mis spent youths deal. When my friends were out drinkin and partyin in high school, I was raceing and building engines. I had a guy at the dealership try and tell me that CHILTON's manuals were not normal bed time reading, I don't see why.

[BigDaddy]

Answer the question,please. How much for a diagonstic?:D

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by BigDaddy

Answer the question,please. How much for a diagonstic?:D

I'm fair and reasoneable with everybody, I keep getting told I work for too little by friends who work for themselves. The main issue would be the distance between the 2 of us though, I'm almost 4 hours away from FT LAUDERDALE. What kind of problems are you haveing?

[BigDaddy]

Long story short, when I bought the boat (consignmeht dealer) they told me to keep the oil tank 2/3 full, dont fill it all the way. No problem, I thought, filled the tank 2/3 full on our first outing and kept my eye on it. Here in, lies the problem, after we were trolling in the ICWW one night (with the baby, no doubt), we were ready to call it a night and go home-4.5 miles away-i decided after the rods were put away I would give it a little gas, being i had never had it over 1/4 throttle. Well, after getting all the rods put away and getting straight, I slowly gave it about 1/3-1/2 throttle, it took off like a jet. Right as we were planing out, the motor died. We were dead in the water for about 2-3 minutes before it would fire back up. When I did get the motor started again, we developed a "tick". It wasnt a "knock", but a tick. We limped home and thanked god we made it safely. After 50 Gal of gas or so, since we bought the boat, it donned on me I hadnt burned a gallon of oil. There ya go, although the entire 50 gallons of gas was in a "minimum wake" zone, and being I was a new skipper, I didnt want to push anything (until I was familiar with my new vessel), we cruised it everywhere-up and down the ICWW. Would you like to hear the "tick"? I know its not good, i just hope its not BAD.

I cant stand to think that the "Reel Lucky" is not real lucky.
What you think?

[BigDaddy]

Dont worry, Ill bring the boat and the BEER