Recent content by dominicd

Has anyone ever ordered aluminum from here? Their prices seem really cheap but I can't find much info about them.

Had my uncles friend look at it. He opened it up and said the carbs were dirty. One was really bad he said. Charged $130 to clean then which I though was a good deal. Wont know for sure if its fixed until I can try it out on the lake. He did say he can tell from how it sounds that its running...

Thanks a lot, ill try that next time out.

Here is a pic of one of the new plugs I put in after three days of use, maybe 3 hrs of run time. There was a tiny bit of thick black gunk in the corners where the ground electrode meets the threads. The metal flakes were mixed in with the black gunk. Is there any way to tell if the carbs need...

Thanks for the info. The gas was brand new. I am pretty handy with fixing stuff but have never worked on engines. Do you think a carb cleaning is something I could do myself or should I have a pro do it? To clarify, he only used the starting fluid in an attempt to clean the carbs. There was...

I recently purchased a 1995 40HP Johnson J40ELE0D. Seller said it had extremely low hours but hadn't been used on a boat in many years. It started, ran, and shifted fine with the muffs on. Compression is 150 in both cylinders. Spark tested fine and jumped gap fine. Water pump was working great...