Comments on: Dead motor!!

By: joepolach@comcast.net

joepolach@comcast.net — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:55:04 +0000

Thanks for your inspiration. I dream to sail the world in the near future and I will, despite friends' inquiries regarding the fact I have never sailed. Seems like a minor problem to me. I will learn. Any advice for dreamers would be appreciated.

Joe.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:44:37 +0000

manumit,

Thanks for the info but it is already in a box. Sounds like a good idea however. Cool not to burn out the starter.

It really should have started tho. I think one cylinder motors are a bit more finicky as there are no other cylinders to compensate.

I'm hoping to get it going at some point and hook it up to an alternator.

By: manumit

manumit — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:21:37 +0000

years ago i bought a hurrican boat yamar 50hp. would not start, crud in the rings not enough comprestion mechanics said if we could get her running rings would onsnag , but she would not start. a fellow at the rat island yaught club at gibsons dry dock st. johns river polaka florida , used a washing mashine motorand a belt plugged it in and with in 5 minutes the motor created enough heat to cause compression to start . the motor has run fine evermore. ian on stormy wheather

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:37 +0000

Gary,

tried that. Hows liv'n back in the states?

-Alex

By: svplanb4@aol.com

svplanb4@aol.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:54:26 +0000

alex…try starting fluid in the air intake …..if it fires or sounds like it is trying to bind up your problem is air in the injector lines….life is good gary