Where my outboard motor guys at?

In case I haven't before, this forum ROCKS!

I'm going to try and sneak out of work early and look this thing over again.

It runs and the prop spins. Linkage beside the carb was loose. In all honesty I probably knocked it loose when I pulled the carbs to clean them.

Thanks again for all the help. I hope to float test it later if the weather is good.

Cool, glad it was something simple and cheap. Good luck with the float test

octavious wrote: Thanks again for all the help. I hope to float test it later if the weather is good.

You do realize that to "float test" something is to dump it overboard to throw it away... as in "it failed the float test"

I did not know that was what float test meant. I thought that meant see if it floats. Although it is insured so if it sinks...

In reply to octavious:

Good on you for fixing it!

First, a Bass Tracker holds a surprising amount of water when you forget to put the plug in. Second a windy day is not the day for a test float. And third somehow I have an ant infestation on the boat.

Other than that it went good. Outboard and trolling motor both work. (I gotta figure out the trim issue.) And I need to kill the rest of the ants.

And my kid had fun so that's all that matters

mad_machine wrote:

octavious wrote: Thanks again for all the help. I hope to float test it later if the weather is good.

You do realize that to "float test" something is to dump it overboard to throw it away... as in "it failed the float test"

I've been around boats for 40+ years and that's the first time I've heard that. I wonder if it's regional or possibly a Navy thing.

In reply to octavious:

Glad it worked. Sounds like things are coming along nicely.