Astro Update

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Originally Posted by Wind Knot

If your motor sat up for a while, it would be smart to tear down and clean the carbs. Granted, it's probably six for that motor, so it's going to be a hassle. But the reality is this- if you have a needle stick closed on a two stroke motor, you have a good chance of dropping a cylinder. On an engine that age, there's no sense in rebuilding it and it becomes junk. It's cheap insurance and if you run your rig as much as it sounds, this may be the only rebuild you'll need to do for several years. I would hate to know that you did all of this work only to burn up a cylinder.

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Thats an excellent point, will tear em down. They arent that bad and not a hole lot to em and I would deffinately hate to screw it up. It's old but very low hours since overhauled and then put up.
Thanks Yikess!!

My 3 cyl. 59 ci Merc has a mysterious knock/rattle at mid throttle. The smart money says it's a clogged jet. I'm not too keen on running it too much until the carbs come off and get a good cleaning.

Here's a suggestion that will help a LOT- change whatever fuel lines and filters BEFORE you clean your carbs. Get all of that right, because when you start knocking that stuff around, you're bound to get some of that in your jets.

Everything under the cover is just over a year old and the GOOD stuff. Will look at it all good but it is all that ethanol resistant hoses. Bet it is ten of them little suckers under there. Had to tear em down in Texas cause I had a hole in a float, they werent bad to do just takes a little time. Will most likely do that tomorrow middle of the day under a shade tree. Where I am going wont be a have to to fire it off in the morning, just deploy the 101 and start fishing.
By the way, if some of yall are still using PD trollers the deploy on the Terrovas is awesome. My 55 PD with Co-pilot will be for sale.