50 mercury hp no start

[steplift20]

Scook I agree with you that’s what I want to do
Check the fuel lines. Two days ago she ran great,yesterday she started right up and was running perfect then while I’m standing there she stalled out and could not restart. I went to prime 5he bulb and it was rock hard so what I’m thinking is there is a blockage from the bulb to the carb. But like you said I hav3 to check the lines first. Scook your the best but I wish spareparts had a shop in nj. The so called marine mechanics here in nj are not the best but they charge $140.00 a hour I don’t know what they charge where you live but here in nj. Crazy. I’m go8ng to follow your advice cause I agree with what you I will post the results
Thanks Scook. I will get it running. But if it’s the carb then I will hav3 to bring her to a so called mechanic
Thanks

[scook]

Spare Parts is the best, not me. I’ve been thinking about it and, while the fact that there are two carbs makes me doubt myself a little, it sounds like it could be a bad fuel line, but it could also be a float valve sticking closed or it could be an intermittent little hunk of something lodging somewhere in the carb.

I think yours idea is the most likely though - a problem (maybe a loose flat of rubber) in the fuel line before it splits to go to the carbs.

If you need the carbs built, I wouldn’t give up on Spare Parts. This is something he could probably do at this kitchen table and he might welcome a chance to do a little mechanic work particularly since it wouldn’t require him to get iin any painful pistons or lift hundreds of pounds.

Yeah - our mechanics are crazy expensive too. I try to do all my own work, which I haven’t done much of lately.

[steplift20]

$140.00 a hour dam that’s a lot. $ hours $420.00 plus parts. I got into the wrong business . If I was younger I would go into. Marine engine repair mostly mercury outboards.
In goin* to try again blowing air into the lines

[scook]

Have you done any research to see if there’s somewhere you can send them to be rebuilt that gets good reviews? Or tried to contact Spare Parts?

I hate to see you overpay some local bozos if there’s a better option.

[steplift20]

Me too but honestly I don’t feel comfortable removing and then installing the carbs.
I’m go8ng to ch3ck the fuel lines When it stalled out I noticed that the primer bulb is hard as a rock. And it shouldn’t be. Maybe a lin3 has a blockage. I’m go8ng to ch3ck

[scook]

That’s definitely the first thing to do.

[oteps]

Running yet?