I'm a new member here, it seems like a really great site so I decided I would join up and jump right in.
I have a 14' Lowe V I am going to be putting on my lift on the lake and I want to get the motor running good first off.
When I used it last about a year ago I had ran it out of gas and it stopped running correctly after that. I checked the compression and it was ~130psi on both cylinders. I had a parts motor that I bought and was told it was in good running shape minus the lower unit, I didn't start it, I mostly just swapped carbs and was hoping running the fuel out in my old metal tank had just clogged the carb. I still havent been able to try to start the motor with the new carb because it is in storage two hours away.
My main question is what should I do before I start it the first time?
If it is something more than what I can easily do from my boat dock, approximately what would it cost me to have a marina get it ready? Right now I don't have a garage locally or a place to work on the boat, other than the boat lift.
Thanks for the replies!
AaronR
I have a 14' Lowe V I am going to be putting on my lift on the lake and I want to get the motor running good first off.
When I used it last about a year ago I had ran it out of gas and it stopped running correctly after that. I checked the compression and it was ~130psi on both cylinders. I had a parts motor that I bought and was told it was in good running shape minus the lower unit, I didn't start it, I mostly just swapped carbs and was hoping running the fuel out in my old metal tank had just clogged the carb. I still havent been able to try to start the motor with the new carb because it is in storage two hours away.
My main question is what should I do before I start it the first time?
If it is something more than what I can easily do from my boat dock, approximately what would it cost me to have a marina get it ready? Right now I don't have a garage locally or a place to work on the boat, other than the boat lift.
Thanks for the replies!
AaronR