1987 Force 85hp motor, carburetor rebuild gonna happen.

[Slab]

Thill suggested I do so in my other "Project Boat" thread, and me thinks he's correct. On land the engine idled good, and seemed to run well, but once I put it in the water it was a whole other story. Only got 20 MPH out of the boat, and it shook like crazy. Must only be running on two cyls.

I mentioned I checked the compression in my other thread and all three were 125 psi, so that's the good news. Seems like nothing but a big lawnmower engine so I'm thinking the carb rebuilds will be easy enough.





FIL and MIL left today, so I can slow down a little now. My FIL is a machine. He worked my tail off. We installed ten windows, and 50 ft of concrete sea wall top! Plus a bunch of other things during his visit. And the "project boat" work too. Already replaced a bunch on the boat, fuel lines, relays, steering cable, remote control cables....all that while he was here too. Last year after his visit my back went out. This year my back seems to have survived the "Dew Machine" as I like to call him. That's because he drinks nothing but Mt. Dew, and all he does is "do". He never stops moving, does this, does that, just never stops. And when he finally does, it's usually nap time! lol

Anyway, now I can slow down a little, and take my time on this rebuild, to get this motor purring. Plus let the back recover from my FIL's onslaught. I can only hope I'm that energetic in twenty years. What a great guy.







He did have fun when I made him slow down and go fishing though. Seemed to really get into it this year.

[SuperDave336]

That’s awesome that he has that much energy and go. It’s also awesome that you can do things together and especially go fishing. Good pics Ed.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

I can only pray to have his health and vitality some years from now. Glad you shared some time on the water too. All work and no play makes Slab a dull feller dontcha know….

[DockShootinJack]

Certainly some good looking scenery down that way.

[BobC]

Nice post and story, Slab. Hopefully the carb rebuild will get the motor back 100%.
Bob

[lugnutzz]

Awesome and glad you got a lot knocked out with help. And good deal y’all stopped long enough to work on the fun stuff too.

Hardest thing with multiple carbs is getting them all synced up.


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[Slab]

The Carbs were clean, no sludge, no varnish, clean as a whistle. Other than one float not being quite level, I'm not sure replacing gaskets and needle valves are gonna fix my problem. Off to replace the fuel pump bladder thingy. See if there's sumtin there to get'r fixed up and running good.



The stuff on the float is nothing, just the way it looks. Everything else about it looked new.

Hopefully adjusting the float fixed it, maybe one carb was not gettin fuel. But we'll replace the fuel pump bladder anywho.

[DockShootinJack]

Certainly some clean carbs

[Slab]

Ahhh Haaa, hit that proverbial Ahh Haa moment. Diaphragm inside the fuel pump has a small tear.





How about them apples. I always feel better when I can clearly identify and fix a problem. yay me, hopefully this is it!

[DockShootinJack]

That will do it for sure