fishinwrench

There's no doubt when it's laying across the bed of a full-size Ford pickup either.

You've got a bigass head !

Just in case you were curious....That 664061-1 is the #2 carb from a 1987 125hp.

Top carb should be.... Bottom carb should be..... If Venturi is the same as the bottom carb then you probably should open them up and be sure that these... which are #15 in the diagram below are the same. And that the bowl screw gaskets (#16) are both there. Alot of guys unknowingly only put one on the outside....They absolutely need to sandwich the bowl as shown here... so that the immulsion tube can properly do it's job. If all of that is in order then I see no reason why the Frankenstein carb won't be ok. Idle mixture settings will just have to be set by ear, rather than synced.....not a real big deal. I'd go ahead and just remove the choke plate and its shaft though.

Since he clobbered it with a fence post I doubt that he cares to be recognized for it. 😄

Obviously. And even if Venturi and immulsion tube are the same he probably didn't match the high speed jet up on the Frankenstein carb.

I thought so too. Everybody is saying "awe he's holding it out in front of him, and it looks bigger than it really is". Which is true, but it is still a giant copperhead !

My neighbor spent all day parading this copperhead around town. Pretty sure it's the biggest one I've ever seen. About 4'6"

Take something like a pen compass and see if the Venturi (narrowest part of the carb throat) is the same on both carbs.

I can translate that. What he meant to say was....."Hey I'm a bonehead and I tried to drive the float pin out the wrong way, didn't know that it only comes out from left to right, and I busted the pin tower on one side, so I had to go dig through the scrap pile to find another carb that would mount on a Force". 🙄 Did he charge you for it?

We can at least draw a boat here. 😀

See the idle mixture screw on the bottom carb? Look at carb #1....... No idle mixture screw. Where is it? It's gonna take some CSI detective work to figure out who did what here. This is like the motors they threw at us during training. God only knows what's been jacked with and shade treed. The lock washers are missing from the carb mounting flange also. Those are there for a reason, not spare parts. Sorry if I sound cranky. Crap like this is rediculous. In this business you have Techs, Mechanics, Parts changers, .....and guys that should only work on lawn mowers and bicycles.

Frankenstein ! The top carb is not original equipment, someone has swapped it for one off an older model...but used the original carb bowl to feed the enrichener. The clicking you hear is an enrichener solenoid. The motor did not come factory with a choke plate. Measure the Venturi of the 2 carbs and see if they are identical in measurement.

I thought I'd try that tactic since it works so well for my wife. If I notice that nothing has been set out for dinner I will ask "Got any plans for dinner, or do you wanna go out tonight?". And she'll say "Noooo, I'll figure out something". Then a few days later she'll be in a pissy mood and throw in the old "Geeze, we never go DO ANYTHING!". 🙄

Fuel pump tests are easy, first pull one side of the pulse hose (or remove the pump if it is one that pulses through a port on the back), pump the primer bulb up tight and see if any fuel exits the pulse port. If it does there is a leak in the diaphragm. If not then reattach the pulse port, start the motor and disconnect the fuel supply hose, let the motor idle until it sounds like it is about to run out of fuel, reattach the fuel supply and see if the motor picks back up. If it passes those two tests then the fuel pump is ok.

The '96 Force 4 cyl. has the CDM module coils. No bench test for them, and if your mechanic had some "laying around" then they are probably bad. Merc has only "improved" them (and superceded the part#) about 14 times. I would gladly take it as a new patient, or I could give the mechanic closer to you some tips on getting to the true issue.....since it sounds like he is chasing his tail and/or has missed a few "service bulletins" on the CDM ignition system. If it is truly an ignition problem then he needs to verify stator and trigger output, if they are within spec then replace all 4 CDM modules (coils) with THESE... http://www.marineengine.com/newparts/part_details.php?pnum=CDI114-7509 Do not replace with any of the Mercury #827509A1, A3, A4, A7,A9, A10, or T7 Test the voltage regulator. And be sure the correct spark plugs is used......which should be a Champion QL76V and not the NGK BUZHW that is in almost every 4cylinder Force that comes in here... because that's what happens when people shop for spark plugs at automotive outlets.

I love it when people put the word BIOLOGIST in quotation marks. Just cracks me up! 😆

Me too! 😥 Nobody ever let's me in on the fun stuff. 😪

First lemme say that I feel your pain. Now I wanna say that IF you walk clean on the divorce with more than one house......You are the freakin' MAN ! Chin up, bro. 💪

A used fly (one that has been in a fishes mouth) swap is actually a cool idea. I would participate in that one.

It's a mad world.

It has been suggested that I wrap over the missing bark with something like an old bicycle inner tube. Do we have it in the budget for that ?

As I understand, Yes. A customer of mine was on the St.Johns and US Boats contacted the closest marina and had them tow him back to his trailer. He never was asked for a dime and never got a bill sent to him.

Yeah he's been pestering me all day. He'll figure it out eventually.

If y'all would have sampled a few of those mushrooms you might have seen alot more than just Bigfoot.