So, I'm out to the pond near Sherida/Dallas (Jerry Wyss and Jim Hill took me out there last weekend and this time I went with my 12 year-old son) to run my TSII with my O.S. outboard and different radio gear. I get the motor started and it idles way too high RPM. Adjusting the hrottle trim just doesn't do it, so I think it's the adjustment on my servo horn and throttle cable. Get that taken care of and it idles better, a bit higher than normal, but I can at least get the motor to shut off. I throw it in the water and run a few laps and the boat starts to idle fast again! I'm about to turn around and head back from the other side of the lake (boat still on the water) and all of a sudden, the motor revs really high and I lose complete throttle control! I can't shut it off and it's out there 100 yards or so. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWHUMP! The motor goes dead. I row out in the retrieval boat and pick my boat out of the water with the carburetor hanging by the fuels lines! The carburetor retaining screw backed out and the retainers fell out allowing the carb to vibrate loose. I put the boat on the stand and now my starter won't turn the motor over. So the motor must have leaned out and seized the piston. The motor will turn by hand, but when the piston goes to top dead center it gets stiff and hard to turn. So, I guess I'm going to be putting a new top-end on my O.S.
OK, so maybe you old guys are just feeling my pain by now and maybe your not getting a real kick outta' this one, but I thought it might be a story you could relate to. Lesson learned: check all screws after/prior to running my boat and maybe use some locktite on the carb retainer screw. How hard is it to replace a piston and sleeve on the O.S.? Not sure if any other damage was done. What do you guys think?
Also, we ran the Miss Vegas and it ran well. Seemed to run very well in the chop and a little slower when the lake turned to glass. Sure looked good on the water though! The only problem we had with Miss Vegas was the pipe and header coupling hose zip ties were coming off and melting to the pipe! What can I get for pipe hose retainers that will hold up and not come off?
OK, so maybe you old guys are just feeling my pain by now and maybe your not getting a real kick outta' this one, but I thought it might be a story you could relate to. Lesson learned: check all screws after/prior to running my boat and maybe use some locktite on the carb retainer screw. How hard is it to replace a piston and sleeve on the O.S.? Not sure if any other damage was done. What do you guys think?
Also, we ran the Miss Vegas and it ran well. Seemed to run very well in the chop and a little slower when the lake turned to glass. Sure looked good on the water though! The only problem we had with Miss Vegas was the pipe and header coupling hose zip ties were coming off and melting to the pipe! What can I get for pipe hose retainers that will hold up and not come off?