Great video i have a 79 silverline with the 120 mercruiser and alpha 1 drive Started watching you when you put the bottom end stabilizer fin and electronic ignition on the starcraft I have a 74 Johnson 20 and a couple of 75 merc 7.5 s as well Always look forward to your videos Nice watching you explain what youre doing in front of thecamera keephp the good work!!
👍👍👍👍Man she is sounding PURRRDY . That a little adjustment to float to allow more fuel and cleaning one tiny hole made all the difference. But kinda makes ya wonder if thats why the float was dented in someone dented it instead of adjusting it 🤷♂️.. Cant wait to see what ya got in store for it .. As far as what tools any one uses doesn’t matter is how ya use them what counts as for me i have used a cheap set in my boat for 10+ years cause sometimes when working on boat in river tools got dropped or knocked off in the water and instead of buying one wrench for $20-$50 I get two for $10-$15 👍👍👍👍Awesome drone footage. As always Sir thanks for the ride along
Hey, thanks for watching and commenting. You are right about the dropping in the water and I don't have enough money to be dropping Snap Ons in the water.
Dialamic! I love it. I hear that (Dialamic 50) is good for the joints of the mechanical linkage on "Old" carburetors. ;-) Note the little winky face means I am being sarcastic. for the readers uninitiated, to my comments.
I have not used oil but have been using a small amount of grease on my gaskets for years for the same reason, allows you to pull a carb apart for a cleaning and not have to worry about getting new gaskets
I've always oiled my gaskets. Something I learned back in the day when I was just a pup from my grandpa. It's always worked like a charm and even tends to extend the life of the gasket. My old 1976 Mercruiser 165 straight six like what's in your Cobalt falls flat on its face if I hit it too hard from idle. I have to roll on the throttle to about 1500 rpm before I can hammer down. Otherwise she runs like a champ. I wonder if a plugged up carb my issue.
Here’s a weird thing. My accelerator pump squirts when you pull the throttle lever back!!!! Finally I took it apart and found that the tiny aluminum check ball was seized in its seat. I’m not sure if this is the problem I had the first time out that prevented me from getting above 1100 rpm under load. Spoiled my maiden voyage. I wasn’t trying to do a hole shot. Anywho, I’m doing a rebuild. I did everything else on the engine except carb rebuild. Any advice chime in.
I will give GM props on their vintage blocks. All standard SAE hand tools. Split rear main seal. Especially those inlines. I'm a Honda convert these days because they design most stuff for ease of maintenance.
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina I've worked on Ford Tritons, Subaru and the infamous Ecotec as well. If only gas was still $1 a gallon. Those old blocks are thirsty girls.
I say that guy was exzagurating a bit how could you be using moderiot presure on a wrench and have it brake and fly far enough to hit you in the eye or above or below the eye. i have never seen a wrench break like a pice of glass and fly through the air using moderit prusher. was he using his foot or maybe a pipe over the wrech.. Thats a crazy storey
It is running good To bad the boat could be put on the water one more time so you can give it a good run on the motor and the out drive before you removed it all from the boat not only that it would have saved some $$ on water
Nice catch on the accelerator pump, it’s amazing what little blockages can do a carburetor. Looking forward to you have coming up next.
Thanks,
Tim
Thanks for watching Tim, you are one of my regular commenters and I appreciate that.
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina your welcome and keep up the great work
Thanks
Tim
Great video i have a 79 silverline with the 120 mercruiser and alpha 1 drive Started watching you when you put the bottom end stabilizer fin and electronic ignition on the starcraft I have a 74 Johnson 20 and a couple of 75 merc 7.5 s as well
Always look forward to your videos Nice watching you explain what youre doing in front of thecamera keephp the good work!!
Thanks 👍 and thanks for watching
Thank you for another awesome video. Man I really love to hear those engines purr like that!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
👍👍👍👍Man she is sounding PURRRDY . That a little adjustment to float to allow more fuel and cleaning one tiny hole made all the difference. But kinda makes ya wonder if thats why the float was dented in someone dented it instead of adjusting it 🤷♂️.. Cant wait to see what ya got in store for it .. As far as what tools any one uses doesn’t matter is how ya use them what counts as for me i have used a cheap set in my boat for 10+ years cause sometimes when working on boat in river tools got dropped or knocked off in the water and instead of buying one wrench for $20-$50 I get two for $10-$15 👍👍👍👍Awesome drone footage. As always Sir thanks for the ride along
Hey, thanks for watching and commenting. You are right about the dropping in the water and I don't have enough money to be dropping Snap Ons in the water.
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina No sir me neither
I have used wire brush wires to clean ports before. I've also found that guitar strings work great.
Good tip! thanks for watching
It's called the "Snake bit Squirt" I love it! Great RMD catch phase. Does that boat have the OMC "Cobra" marine engine? ;-)
Dialamic! I love it. I hear that (Dialamic 50) is good for the joints of the mechanical linkage on "Old" carburetors. ;-) Note the little winky face means I am being sarcastic. for the readers uninitiated, to my comments.
Or perhaps you were referring to though, laminar flows of the two-barrel carb.
I get it, cobra, snake bit
love the sound of that engine thanks for the up date on fixing that carb also music is great
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
Great job Michael! I hope you get the 21 footer out next year, I really like that one.
That is the goal, I want to hit the Mississippi with that one.
I have not used oil but have been using a small amount of grease on my gaskets for years for the same reason, allows you to pull a carb apart for a cleaning and not have to worry about getting new gaskets
Thanks for sharing, I'm glad to hear that it really does work. I will be doing that from now on myself, thanks for watching
I've always oiled my gaskets. Something I learned back in the day when I was just a pup from my grandpa. It's always worked like a charm and even tends to extend the life of the gasket. My old 1976 Mercruiser 165 straight six like what's in your Cobalt falls flat on its face if I hit it too hard from idle. I have to roll on the throttle to about 1500 rpm before I can hammer down. Otherwise she runs like a champ. I wonder if a plugged up carb my issue.
there is something slightly out
Here’s a weird thing. My accelerator pump squirts when you pull the throttle lever back!!!! Finally I took it apart and found that the tiny aluminum check ball was seized in its seat. I’m not sure if this is the problem I had the first time out that prevented me from getting above 1100 rpm under load. Spoiled my maiden voyage. I wasn’t trying to do a hole shot.
Anywho, I’m doing a rebuild.
I did everything else on the engine except carb rebuild.
Any advice chime in.
Hey Michael
Might want to run some 10W30 diesel oil to clean out that engine. Sounds great.
I have been running Rotella SAE 30 diesel and it's doing a great job cleaning it out.
I will give GM props on their vintage blocks. All standard SAE hand tools. Split rear main seal. Especially those inlines. I'm a Honda convert these days because they design most stuff for ease of maintenance.
I really dig working on them, simple and hard to kill.
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina I've worked on Ford Tritons, Subaru and the infamous Ecotec as well. If only gas was still $1 a gallon. Those old blocks are thirsty girls.
Maybe 2 of the cheapest oil changes you can do then a good oil and filter then a look
for sure
Michael on next Show show us Motor Rebuild I would love to see you Rebuild over haul I really would
When I find one to do then I will do one. Thanks for watching
I say that guy was exzagurating a bit how could you be using moderiot presure on a wrench and have it brake and fly far enough to hit you in the eye or above or below the eye. i have never seen a wrench break like a pice of glass and fly through the air using moderit prusher. was he using his foot or maybe a pipe over the wrech.. Thats a crazy storey
Can't disagree with you, I'm just passing along the comment as it was presented to me. Thanks for watching
Man I’ve got every wrench you can buy harbor freight wrenches are fine. The ratchet wrenches are better than craftsman
I did a 1/2 with a 3 foot pipe extension and my foot the jore shot across the road hit the naybors door put a dent in it
that's a lot of stored energy for sure.
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina stitches know it could have killed me after that be careful
If you havea torche cleaning tool that fits use it
Yes that would work well too
Yes indeed I am watching, if memory serves me correctly it was a 9/16 wrench.
beware of the 9/16" wrench, thanks for watching
Hows the level of water.
yeah I said water, that's how you know this stuff isn't scripted, thanks for watching
@@Michaelsbackyardmarina
? I meant how is the level of the Mississippi river
It is running good To bad the boat could be put on the water one more time so you can give it a good run on the motor and the out drive before you removed it all from the boat not only that it would have saved some $$ on water
I wish it was not so rotten so I could too. Thanks for watching