Hi Haventaclue, That was the process that was taken. what was strange was the engine ran fine on land in a bucket or on flush muffs, even when engaging gears (in the bucket). but as soon as it made contact with the Solent it chickened out. it was the Top carb leaking was suspected when it was runnin...

EDIT- fixed... I think. Hi Rapier , Thanks for the welcome. Unfortunately I do not know what's happened to the photos, copied the URL from Google photos. I seem to be able to see them, but in a different browser i cannot. In the meantime. If anyone is interested, here is a link to the album: https:/...

Hi All, Thought I'd post about the "restoration" of my Sims Super V. A year and a half ago I Purchased this "Beauty" for the almighty sum of £80 with the intention of restoring it in place of my previous boat that was somewhat too small to be used in the Solent. Picture of the old boat. IMAG0972.jpg...

Hi
I'm looking for a steering cable for my outboard.
Hoping not to spend too much, i can only seem to find new or expensive ones on eBay.

Thanks in advance.
Tom

Precisely. when you throttle up, the top arm (the one that moves the most), rotates the trigger assembly that senses the location of the flywheel and sends the appropriate signal to the spark plug controller to spark. Then as you said the other arm moves the throttle flaps at the back of the carbs. ...

Hi, This is my first post. thought i'd sign up to help. he bit in the yellow arrow is your choke, the actual throttle flaps are all inline through the carbs, you should find that the throttle flaps open pretty much all of the way, and then the rest of the up-rev is done via timing advance. Hope this...