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My mechanic finally gave me his blessing on the used 2004 F225 he found for me. Originally he told me it was a 2005, but after some research I found it to be a 2004 with a 2003 engine harness.
But finally, I got him to perform all but one last chore on the motor and he said it was ready to go home.
Initially, he said when he located this engine, that is was a low hour motor and just needed the valves ground. Once that was done after a week, he said it ran great, but would stall after a few minutes unless you squeezed the bulb, so he concluded that it was a fuel pump. After some time, the pump came and he said it was the wrong pump and sent it back. More time elapsed and then he texted me that the right pump arrived and the engine ran fine then and he was going to finally mount it on my Grady White 22.
During this time, I had been changing gauges and running harnesses and finally the two (the engine and the boat) met. I finally convinced him to finish installing the steering and the intake manifold and to replace the power trim motor that was badly corroded that he said he would change.
Then he finished the sea star steering, but now the trim pump is not available since it is at a friends house and he suddenly goes on a cruise for a week. So I decided that since I was going to refinish the cowling that I would clean it up and paint it too.
So a friend and I pulled the boat and motor to the river to offload it and take it home. I live in a community where boats and trailers are not allowed in your yard. So we dropped it into the river and fired it up and let it warm up for a while, then It stalled, I squeezed the bulb again and it fired back up and just before it stalled again, we decided to go since we had a 3 mile trip and the weather was crummy. We were looking forward to a Memorial weekend of fine boating and so I put the 704 leaver in the forward position and promptly backed into the seawall. Then the engine stalled again, so to get it home, my friend sat on the stern and squeezed the bulb and I ran the boat with the 704 leaver in the reverse position. Needless to say, no boating this weekend.
Today, after cooling down, I ran the motor and with the leaver in the forward position and the prop was turning to the left, so I guess that has to be a linkage problem in the lower unit since the shift slide was forward.
As far as the motor stalling every 5 minutes or so like it was when the mechanic supposedly replaced a pump, I tested my bulb and I ran the motor from a separate gas tank and it still stalled out. I'm not sure where to go from here, but I'll do a search for similar problems.
I just need a little guidance on the shifting problem and some ideas on the engine stalling. It's probably the pump that he did not install.
Thanks in advance.
But finally, I got him to perform all but one last chore on the motor and he said it was ready to go home.
Initially, he said when he located this engine, that is was a low hour motor and just needed the valves ground. Once that was done after a week, he said it ran great, but would stall after a few minutes unless you squeezed the bulb, so he concluded that it was a fuel pump. After some time, the pump came and he said it was the wrong pump and sent it back. More time elapsed and then he texted me that the right pump arrived and the engine ran fine then and he was going to finally mount it on my Grady White 22.
During this time, I had been changing gauges and running harnesses and finally the two (the engine and the boat) met. I finally convinced him to finish installing the steering and the intake manifold and to replace the power trim motor that was badly corroded that he said he would change.
Then he finished the sea star steering, but now the trim pump is not available since it is at a friends house and he suddenly goes on a cruise for a week. So I decided that since I was going to refinish the cowling that I would clean it up and paint it too.
So a friend and I pulled the boat and motor to the river to offload it and take it home. I live in a community where boats and trailers are not allowed in your yard. So we dropped it into the river and fired it up and let it warm up for a while, then It stalled, I squeezed the bulb again and it fired back up and just before it stalled again, we decided to go since we had a 3 mile trip and the weather was crummy. We were looking forward to a Memorial weekend of fine boating and so I put the 704 leaver in the forward position and promptly backed into the seawall. Then the engine stalled again, so to get it home, my friend sat on the stern and squeezed the bulb and I ran the boat with the 704 leaver in the reverse position. Needless to say, no boating this weekend.
Today, after cooling down, I ran the motor and with the leaver in the forward position and the prop was turning to the left, so I guess that has to be a linkage problem in the lower unit since the shift slide was forward.
As far as the motor stalling every 5 minutes or so like it was when the mechanic supposedly replaced a pump, I tested my bulb and I ran the motor from a separate gas tank and it still stalled out. I'm not sure where to go from here, but I'll do a search for similar problems.
I just need a little guidance on the shifting problem and some ideas on the engine stalling. It's probably the pump that he did not install.
Thanks in advance.
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