do you know how to adjust the idle on these motors? I have looked everywhere online, and I cannot find anything on it. My motor will run just fine with it in gear forward or reverse, but whenever I start it I have to push the key in to keep the motor running until I throw it in gear.
That definitely sound like ti's running lean. Each carb has an idle screw to adjust the air/fuel mixture individually. But be careful doing it that was because all of the carbs need to be synchronized to run well. The throttle cable can also be adjusted which in will increase/decrease the fuel to all carbs at the same time. But doing this will not fix a lean issue, so you may need to do both. The jets may also need to be cleaned. When's the last time the carbs were serviced?
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do you know how to adjust the idle on these motors? I have looked everywhere online, and I cannot find anything on it. My motor will run just fine with it in gear forward or reverse, but whenever I start it I have to push the key in to keep the motor running until I throw it in gear.
That definitely sound like ti's running lean. Each carb has an idle screw to adjust the air/fuel mixture individually. But be careful doing it that was because all of the carbs need to be synchronized to run well.
The throttle cable can also be adjusted which in will increase/decrease the fuel to all carbs at the same time. But doing this will not fix a lean issue, so you may need to do both.
The jets may also need to be cleaned. When's the last time the carbs were serviced?