Alright guys, here is what I have going on.. I have a 1981 e50belcic 50hp Evinrude. It is tiller steer/electric start. This summer I took my boat out and the motor ran like a top. Nothing really wrong with it. If I put it on muffs in my driveway, same thing..starts and runs fine, put it in forward and reverse (very slowly of course), no issues.
Since then, my brother has borrowed my boat 2 times for duck hunting. He puts the boat in the water (30 degrees out, so much colder), and the motor starts right up and idles fine with the help of the "fast idle" lever on the controls. He then puts the fast lever idle down and it still idles fine. However once put into gear the motor dies, can't get it to run when actually in gear. I have my suspicion that i need to get my RPM's up a little higher because I did notice this summer that it idled verrry slowly, and that was in warm weather.
My main question is this - How can I adjust idle speed on this motor? Is it done by timing, carbs, or??
Note: I do know the "first" things to check are compression and spark. I don't currently have the tools to check compression. I live close to a launch so I would like my first step to be getting idle RPM's up and if that doesn't work I will go from there. Just can't figure out how to actually adjust it..
Question #2 Everything is remote/electrical but inside the motor there is a manual choke, which you can't get to unless you take the cowl off. Only an "On" and "Off" position. Is this odd? Usually the choke is on the outside of the motor, unless I'm missing something and this actually works electrically on it's own?
Since then, my brother has borrowed my boat 2 times for duck hunting. He puts the boat in the water (30 degrees out, so much colder), and the motor starts right up and idles fine with the help of the "fast idle" lever on the controls. He then puts the fast lever idle down and it still idles fine. However once put into gear the motor dies, can't get it to run when actually in gear. I have my suspicion that i need to get my RPM's up a little higher because I did notice this summer that it idled verrry slowly, and that was in warm weather.
My main question is this - How can I adjust idle speed on this motor? Is it done by timing, carbs, or??
Note: I do know the "first" things to check are compression and spark. I don't currently have the tools to check compression. I live close to a launch so I would like my first step to be getting idle RPM's up and if that doesn't work I will go from there. Just can't figure out how to actually adjust it..
Question #2 Everything is remote/electrical but inside the motor there is a manual choke, which you can't get to unless you take the cowl off. Only an "On" and "Off" position. Is this odd? Usually the choke is on the outside of the motor, unless I'm missing something and this actually works electrically on it's own?