Outboard Repair

[COLETRAIN]

I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong area of the forum for this question. If you or you know of someone that does outboard motor repair on the side please private message me. I like to help guys that could use a little extra money. Thanks for your help!

Coletrain
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[fish_hntr]

I do remember some guys posting up in here about it http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...?forum=171
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[Therapist]

Where are you, SLC, Ut Co., Davis, Ogden ???

[COLETRAIN]

I'm in Farmington.
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[icejunkie]

Geezer here on BFT helped me with mine not sure if he still does it . He's in West Jordan I think.
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[COLETRAIN]

I'm willing to go about anywhere. Thanks for the suggestion.
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[fish_hntr]

What kind of issues are you having with it? The majority of issues folks have is due to using ethanol in their motors. If you click on the link I posted above you will see a thread that lists all of the ethanol-free pumps in Utah.
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[COLETRAIN]

My outboard motor has been very strange. I started out the season to be able to get the boat to go on plane very easily. Each trip it started to get a little worse. Meaning that when giving a full throttle the RPMs would not go very high and the boat would just crawl not coming close to being able to get on plane. Every once in a while it was like a line cleared and immediately I was able to get full power. My last trip of the season up to strawberry the motor ran slower and slower and finally stopped altogether. I needed to use my electric trolling motor to come in.

Moving forward I will definitely use the ethanol free fuel but now I need to get the boat working again. Thanks for post. Awesome!

I have a Mariner 135 HP. If anyone has any suggestions I would be glad to give it a try unless it's like rebuilding a carburetor. (I understand some of my mechanical limitations
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[Fowl-Hook]

Sounds like fuel, maybe the fuel pump, or a filter slowly plugging. Also a cracked fuel hose that just got worse, since they suck fuel they require a leak free hose and sometimes don't leak a big puddle like you might think.
Will the engine start when you pump the bulb back to pressure?
Electrical doesn't usually slowly progress to failure.
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[COLETRAIN]

Good suggestions. I'll check it out. Thanks
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[gambler209]

sounds like a filter issue get ahold of me I can help you out
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