bigfoot 60hp 3 cyl

"Nigel" <Nigel.RemoveThis@reply.to.list.only> wrote in message
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> He never did care for the river, did Montmorency.
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>>>> On 27/06/06 at 14:03, in message
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> Paddy<replies.to.RemoveThis@newsgroup.only> wrote:
>> Starts fine and ticks over. Very responsive to throttle and sounds like
>> plenty of power but as soon as it goes in gear it dies straight away.
>> Only thing done to it prior to this was to the bottom end gear shift and
>> fit
>> a new plastic throttle actuator.
>> Have tried fuel tank & fuel mix - new plugs - cleaned carbs and fitted
>> new
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>> fuel filter.
>> Anybody any ideas?
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>> Mick
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> Still sounds like there is muck in the carb, or the diaphragm in the pump
> has stretched.
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After changing the electronic ignition circuitry from old spares engine the
son found it was just the idle jet adjustment. Gave them about half a turn
and it burst into life. He took the boat (19ft fletcher fisher sports) and
it ran at 28 knots flat out.
Thanks - Mick
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