[Rhodes22-list] Outboard repair question

[Stephen Staum]

I used a 4HP Mariner 2 stroke on mine for 4 years in Quincy & Mass  
Bays. Never felt I was underpowered including an encounter w 35 knot  
gusts & 4 foot seas off Provincetown.  Current OB is a 5 HP 4 stroke  
short shaft Briggs & Stratton which is also OK.

Stephen Staum

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On Sep 3, 2009, at 11:57 AM, atmcneil <atmcneil at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Sorry for the non-response over the past week, but life happens.
>
> So here's the update: I decided to rebuild the carb, on the advice of
> various and sundry. I got home from work on Tuesday and had my best  
> redneck
> friend come over to watch over my shoulder and we rebuilt the carb.  
> But the
> carb was, to our eyes, very clean and probably didn't need to be  
> rebuilt. So
> when I started it up it ran a little better, but still cut out when  
> I tried
> to bring the throttle down to idle.
>
> that's when I decided to seek professional help... So I took it down  
> to a
> boat yard not too far from and they are Evinrude dealers. I beg the  
> guy to
> get it back to me by tomorrow, but it's doubtful that is going to  
> happen.
>
> So here's a new question; What's the smallest OB you would use on a  
> R22? A
> friend of mine has a 4.5hp with a long shaft and he will loan it to  
> me for
> the weekend and I'm wondering if that's big enough.
>
>
>
>
> R22RumRunner wrote:
>>
>> It's not the carburetor that's the problem, it's the diaphragm in  
>> the fuel
>> pump. It works off of vacuum created by the cylinders.
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/25/2009 3:37:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> richard at macarthurlawfirm.com writes:
>>
>>
>> that's what would happen if your carb were gunked up from  gasoline  
>> over
>> the
>> winter. in that event the carb has to be removed and  cleaned -- 
>> also the
>> needle valve and seat has to be cleaned-- these are  small delicate  
>> parts
>> and
>> a mechanic does it best. you can take the carb off  and bring it to a
>> mechanic.
>>
>> atmcneil wrote:
>>>
>>> I have  an '94 Yachtwin (Evinrude) 8hp outboard that has a  
>>> problem. It
>>> starts  but will only run at full throttle. It won't idle at all.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had this problem and how do you fix it?
>>>
>>
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