Recent content by Pappy

the 15hp carb is just like the 9.9hp carb. They are both attached to a throttle. Takes the same horsepower to move your boat at a given speed and you control the throttle. Cruise at the speed the 9.9 pushes you and fuel burn will be very close to identical. Need to outrun a storm, you have the...

Your installation is fairly typical of most (not all) production installs. Neither the boat manufacturers nor the engine manufactures adhere to a strict measurement for their short shaft or long shaft engine height or transom height. A cavitation plate an inch or so below the bottom will not...

Mr, Giggles is correct. Surface gap plugs can almost always find a path to ground vs a side gap plug. Compared to a side gap plug they may not be the best idling plug. Have said this before but in the past ten or so years I have seen many many more NGK plugs fail in both OMC and Yamaha...

Right off the bat the primer bulb does not stay hard while the engine is running. The bulb is on the suction side of the fuel pump so that is a non issue. Check your compression. The way you say it died does not sound good. What year is the engine and has the engine ever been serviced.....ie...

martin mcclimon Lives in terra ceia florida. That should narrow it.

Put a Thread sealant paste on the threads for reassembly. Loctite makes a good one for example. Great stuff for any thread below the waterline.

Easy way to see if the thermostat is working is to lay your hand on the top of the cylinder head at idle. You should be able to hold your hand there no longer that 3-5 seconds before it gets uncomfortably hot. That should be around 135f or so. The thermostat in this engine warms the powerhead...

Way to go, Mbullen !

Post more pics of this. Would like to see the mfr name plate for one. Does is say where it was manufactured?

Go in to the Fiberglassics site and see what you can dig up on it. They have a very extensive library on both Glass and aluminum boat manufacturers. https://www.fiberglassics.com/forum/main-forum.html

You may have flooded it. To check and clear a flooded situation you can advance the throttle and hit the starter without using the primer....be prepared to reduce throttle quickly once it fires. So far so good. You will get used to exactly how much prime the engine needs and when.

Usually any "portable" outboard has a fitting on it. Did you buy pre-owned?

Come on over to Tavares around March 20th for the big Sunnyland antique boat show. Biggest in the nation now. There are a lot of us that run vintage Alumacrafts and Feathercrafts with vintage engines. We will also have a meet on the Suwanee River the third week of April and September. We...

As has been mentioned you may need larger cable if running that far. Remember measuring the complete circuit? For simplicity sake lets say your boat is 14' so you would need a bare minimum of 28'. Take that # and plug in your initial starter load which will be in the neighborhood of a couple...

Checked out your work. Wow is about the best word to describe it. Well done on your part. I see you are in Florida?