Brought the 75 home last night - cleaning up nice
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steplift20
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Caveman, she is go8ng to clean up very nice , the outside of the hull looks great. Get some bleach,soft scrub and toilet cleaner and go to work. If you have a power washer. Now is the time to use it.
You hav3 to show updates as you go along. Welcome to the site. Now your family
You hav3 to show updates as you go along. Welcome to the site. Now your family
Cleaned up good. Everything seems solid (transom, deck, etc). Hooked up a good batt from another project and she cranked over. Hydraulics were dry so I picked up some Quicksilver Power Steering and Trim fluid, topped her off and we were able to trim up to remove the support bracket from the top and trim down with help pushing (probably overfilled -relieved some fluid). I'm not sure if went all the way down. It was still at an angle a bit. Tried like hell to get it to budge a bit more but no go.
Got a fire extinguisher at the ready, hooked up my small external tank for my 4 stroke outboard, put her on the hose, and tried to crank. Would not fire. Removed flame arrestor from carb and primed but nothing. I did notice that starring fluid came out from under the carb mounting nuts when I sprayed it in...a lot. Might need a new gasket.
No luck starting but everything seems promising. I didn't see any gas coming from the portable tank into the carb. Maybe some blockage or too much leak/air.
Next step would be carb gasket (but I think it would fire or try if I'm priming with starting fluid) and check points/cables/plugs, yes?
Got a fire extinguisher at the ready, hooked up my small external tank for my 4 stroke outboard, put her on the hose, and tried to crank. Would not fire. Removed flame arrestor from carb and primed but nothing. I did notice that starring fluid came out from under the carb mounting nuts when I sprayed it in...a lot. Might need a new gasket.
No luck starting but everything seems promising. I didn't see any gas coming from the portable tank into the carb. Maybe some blockage or too much leak/air.
Next step would be carb gasket (but I think it would fire or try if I'm priming with starting fluid) and check points/cables/plugs, yes?
scook
God
It should kick over with carb primed, but with starting fluid leaking out, there’s a vacuum leak that won’t let it run. Sounds like you’re on the right track. I don’t recall if you got how important it is to replace the outdrive impeller and be sure there’s water running through the outdrive when you get it running. I made that mistake and suffered for it.