Thelma and Louise Up To No Good
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:46 pm
Howdy Folks!
My outboards, Thelma and Louise, are conspiring to keep me from sailing!! Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day here in Corpus. The Admiral and I planned on another great sailing experience. I cranked up the engines for about fifteen minutes prior to casting off the lines. I typically put 'em in gear to get the whole gizmo warmed up well. So, pre-flight checklist all in order, off we go. We probably got about 250 yards before the port engine nodded off. The Admiral started getting fussy, so we turned around and started heading back to the dock. I got the cantankerous little bee-otch running again. We turned around again and started heading out. Louise, the port engine, crapped out again!! I choked her and gave her a bit of throttle to keep her going and we turned around to head back to the dock.
Once safely tied up to the dock, I removed her carb and partially disassembled it. I cleaned out the float bowl, ports and jets and dunked it in a can of Berryman's Carb Cleaner. There was plenty of crud in it before cleaning. The main jet was clogged. After about two hours, I dunked it in water and then hosed it down with Gumout Carb cleaner. Then I blasted every orifice with compressed air. The compressed air flowed well everywhere.
I put it all back together and cranked up Louise. She ran smoothly. I went below to make a sandwich for lunch. 'THUD'... sputter.... dead. So, after about fifteen minutes of running smoothly, she died. She was hard to start. At full throttle she would barely limp along and then die. It seemed she would counter-rotate as she stalled.
Is it possible the prop hit something and caused the timing belt to skip? It does seem like it is out of time.
Thelma and Louise are hi-thrust 8s. One is a 2002, and the other 2006. When they die, I will probably go back to the original 9.9s. Meanwhile, I need a service manual, I'm not buying two. I suppose I should get the one for the 2006. Your recommendations...should I get a 9.9 service manual.. for a supplier?
What is the process for swapping out the CDI unit?
I'll be pulling Thelma's carb this week to clean it up. I'll install it on Louise just to make sure it is not the carb.
I am running on portable tanks at the moment and swapped them to make sure it was not the fuel supply. All good there.
Looking forward to your good counsel.
Joe Mc
My outboards, Thelma and Louise, are conspiring to keep me from sailing!! Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day here in Corpus. The Admiral and I planned on another great sailing experience. I cranked up the engines for about fifteen minutes prior to casting off the lines. I typically put 'em in gear to get the whole gizmo warmed up well. So, pre-flight checklist all in order, off we go. We probably got about 250 yards before the port engine nodded off. The Admiral started getting fussy, so we turned around and started heading back to the dock. I got the cantankerous little bee-otch running again. We turned around again and started heading out. Louise, the port engine, crapped out again!! I choked her and gave her a bit of throttle to keep her going and we turned around to head back to the dock.
Once safely tied up to the dock, I removed her carb and partially disassembled it. I cleaned out the float bowl, ports and jets and dunked it in a can of Berryman's Carb Cleaner. There was plenty of crud in it before cleaning. The main jet was clogged. After about two hours, I dunked it in water and then hosed it down with Gumout Carb cleaner. Then I blasted every orifice with compressed air. The compressed air flowed well everywhere.
I put it all back together and cranked up Louise. She ran smoothly. I went below to make a sandwich for lunch. 'THUD'... sputter.... dead. So, after about fifteen minutes of running smoothly, she died. She was hard to start. At full throttle she would barely limp along and then die. It seemed she would counter-rotate as she stalled.
Is it possible the prop hit something and caused the timing belt to skip? It does seem like it is out of time.
Thelma and Louise are hi-thrust 8s. One is a 2002, and the other 2006. When they die, I will probably go back to the original 9.9s. Meanwhile, I need a service manual, I'm not buying two. I suppose I should get the one for the 2006. Your recommendations...should I get a 9.9 service manual.. for a supplier?
What is the process for swapping out the CDI unit?
I'll be pulling Thelma's carb this week to clean it up. I'll install it on Louise just to make sure it is not the carb.
I am running on portable tanks at the moment and swapped them to make sure it was not the fuel supply. All good there.
Looking forward to your good counsel.
Joe Mc