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We just tried to start my 60 hp outboard after setting idle 2 yrs. The following items are noted:
The 3 carbs are flooded and there's gas rapidly dripping out of a previously drilled hole in the plate just above the lower end unit. i'm presuming this is merely because the carbs are flooded. I lost my manual so I have to do a lot of guessing here.
There seems not to be spark.
Two of the spark plugs were totally wet w gas, The middle was badly corroded. The plug wire contact on the middle plug was also corroded at the plug end.
I cleaned corrosion on plug and wire, and dried off all, but no start. It turned over but not even a wimper of a pop.
I'm not much of a mechanic. But the symptoms seem to show a sticky float on the carb (old gas in lines, new gas in tank) coupled with no spark at all. This 60 hp had good compression and not a lot of hrs prior to all this and I hate to give up on it. Truthfully, the trim also doesn't want to bleed the air out, but that's another subject. OG29 is 1st 4 digits of serial #.
Any ideas? I guess I could trade it in to a rebuild shop for a 40 hp and more cost, but then I'd probably just be getting someone else's problems.
The 3 carbs are flooded and there's gas rapidly dripping out of a previously drilled hole in the plate just above the lower end unit. i'm presuming this is merely because the carbs are flooded. I lost my manual so I have to do a lot of guessing here.
There seems not to be spark.
Two of the spark plugs were totally wet w gas, The middle was badly corroded. The plug wire contact on the middle plug was also corroded at the plug end.
I cleaned corrosion on plug and wire, and dried off all, but no start. It turned over but not even a wimper of a pop.
I'm not much of a mechanic. But the symptoms seem to show a sticky float on the carb (old gas in lines, new gas in tank) coupled with no spark at all. This 60 hp had good compression and not a lot of hrs prior to all this and I hate to give up on it. Truthfully, the trim also doesn't want to bleed the air out, but that's another subject. OG29 is 1st 4 digits of serial #.
Any ideas? I guess I could trade it in to a rebuild shop for a 40 hp and more cost, but then I'd probably just be getting someone else's problems.