Chrysler Sailors Forum

I've been procrastinating on this need - and I am not getting any younger.
I bought my '81 TMI22 (C22 offspring) with the outboard thrown in as "not running". Before I sailed her in 2011 I had the time to troubleshoot and determine that it had carb problems. After removing the carb and disassembling it, I found the aluminum fuel bowl and pickup tube to be very oxidized - right up to the bottom of the metering jet.
Fortunately, it ran for the week I sailed it - but quite erratic, adjusting between rich and lean.. This winter I want to fix that problem. The carb is not a simple job to remove so I plan on overhauling the fuel pump/reed valves/whatever, so my outboard will run sweet. I do not have any desire to replace my "good old" outboard.
There have been times I've read about folks giving up on theirs and going to a newer outboard and my question is this: Does anyone out there have a carburetor from an old Chrysler Sailor 250 that you would like to sell? Or does anyone know of a place I could purchase this? What is needed, specifically, is the carb body and fuel bowl. If anyone thinks they may have or know something (hope, hope) I can give more details on the specific carburetor then.
THANKS!!

If you wind up neededing to buy parts contact the guru of Chrysler outboards, Franz at Franz Marine !! Should have those parts for you as well as a ton of knowledge.

http://www.franzmarine.com/

That thought had gone through my mind, as I was given his name once some time ago to buy a new wiring harness for my engine-to-boat (which I bought)
-- but I could not for the life of me remember his name.
Thanks -- again!! He was a huge help the first time!

I still have most of my old Sailor 280. Let me know if you can use any of it's parts. I suspect some are interchangeable, though I don't know for sure.

Can you tell me the year? I need the carburetor body and if I knew what year yours is I could start by researching if yours is a match with mine.
Thanks!

Careyr wrote: I bought my '81 TMI22 (C22 offspring)

Okay I am ZERO help on the motor issue... But I am most interested in lots of photo's of your boat!

I would love to see what my boat grew up to be. I have not even looked. Do we have any documentation on the TMI line in our documents collection here on the forum. Photo's of, or even a link to photo's would be grand indeed.

Thanks
Alan

My Chrysler Sailor 280 is a 1979 model. If you want the carb, it's yours, just pay shipping.

Thanks so much for the offer of the carb from your old outboard., tgentry!
I went on ebay and to my surprise a guy had my carb for sale!!
I have it in my possession, now.
Side note; while I was searching, I found a complete sailor 250 outboard for sale, it's serial number is two digits higher than mine. Maybe made same day? Anyhow, I am debating purchasing it.
Thanks again for the generous offer!!!

I was able to get the carb and fuel pump rebuild kits for my 280 from iboat.com