Chrysler Sailors Forum

meant to update sooner. ..

Well, Friday and Saturday after Mike flushed it with carb cleaner and put ethanol free gas in, it ran fine in neutral, and at various speeds in the driveway. So, still a little leery, we went out Sunday. After about an hour, nothing seemed wrong, she was running fine. So ...

Where do you call home, Potomic Fever?

Just visited a buddy of mine down in Frederick a couple weeks ago. He toured us around a bit. Checked out the C&O canal viaduct right near the Potomic. Just wondering how close we ended up to each other.

Mark

Mark, We're still a ways from where you were ...

That's a scary prospect (@Emergency Exit), but I'm glad you mentioned it. Will be messing with it this afternoon to see what can be figured out...

TravisJ wrote:
You tell your crew to date a fat girl so on heavy air days she can come along to be rail meat.

Rail meat - too funny! Not going to forget that mental image ...or the expression.

Thanks for the much needed chuckle!

I forgot to mention that, though we did loose some power, the RPMs stayed steady. We used ethanol-free gas the first two times out this year. The incident in question occurred while running on regular gas with the marine additive in it. Most of last year Mike ran with regular gas and the additive in ...

Hey guys, what do you think would cause an outboard to vibrate inordinately like it was "skipping"? We were in plenty of water, and it started while going fast. After a short time, it was jarring the boat while going really slow. Prop looks fine and isn't loose. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

Thanks Trev! just now found this thread - we could really use a manual for our Chrysler.

Since you are new to boating, and talking cleaning carbs I'll add a don't to the thread. Don't run carb cleaner through your gas tank. Works OK for 4 cycle engines, but for 2 cycle, where the lube is in the gas, it will do an engine in.

Paul, you really saved us here! That's exactly what Mike was ...

I'm likely going to need to rebuild my Chrysler 12.9 hp electric start motor soon!



If you work on the lower end let me know...I can tell you a few things not to do for sure, lol...plus if you rebuild the fuel pump I've got a couple lessons learned the hard way there as well..

Ours is (we ...

I'll assume you are referring to a Chrysler 250 Outboard sailing motor (10hp).
Make sure all the pasages are clear and the float is adjusted.
I have PDF of the parts manual for a Chrysler 280 with the exploded views if that would help. The 250 and 280 are much alike.

Yes Capt. Bondo, If you ...

Hoping for some help with a Chrysler 850 Outboard sailing motor. We are extremely new to boating so this may fall into the "dumb question" category but how does one figure out the size of the gas line fitting that connects the motor to the gas tank?

Also, is there anything special to know about ...