Well, I had some time to take the boat out this morning… it’s got issues…
It doesn’t like to idle. It will cough and sometimes die, but as soon as you give it throttle it smooths out. I expected this though, I had the carb off to access the sediment bowl to fix a leak and I’m sure I didn’t get the low speed needle set right. Not a big deal. Worst case I have to break down and buy a carb kit…
I think the second issue is more serious. It “slips”, almost like a slipping clutch in a car, sort of. At first I was just putting around and it was doing fine, then I opened it up and got up on plane and she was moving along pretty good! I slowed down and pulled my phone out of my pocket to get some video… I put the boat back up on plane and it was cruising along and all of a sudden popped out of gear. I quickly backed off the throttle and it grabbed again. I was able to putt back to the launch, but if I tried to give it any power it would slip (motor revs but boat doesn’t accelerate). Just letting off the throttle would allow it to grab again but not with any bang or clunk. I’ll have to upload the video…
So I have some work to do, but once I get these things sorted out it should be a fun boat!
