Howdy folks. First post, but have been reading for a while. Did a bunch of searching here and elsewhere on my problem but never found what I was looking for.
I have an 83 Excel III 340 that I just did a motor swap on. I cleaned everything up, rebuilt the fuel pump, went through carb, etc.
It starts fine and idles nicely. Maybe a little bit of idle hang. My high end bog comes at wide open throttle. If I back off to about 3/4 throttle it runs pretty darn nice, but anything above that and it falls on its face.
It seemed to be lean, so I adjusted the float for more fuel. i actually had the carb on and off twice before I felt I was really close to the 25MM height. Still no joy.
Left plug is showing lean, so then I start to suspect PTO side crank seal. I warm it up and reach in behind the clutch with the wand on a can of MAF cleaner and sprayed the heck out of it. This had no effect on the idle speed.
I then checked the intake manifold, all good there too but I snugged up the bolts a bit anyway, no change.
Is the PTO side crank seal exposed on this machine? I started to wonder about it being exposed vs behind a plate or some such thing that might have rendered my test unreliable.
This one has me a bit stumped so far. What do you all think?
Thanks for any input.
I have an 83 Excel III 340 that I just did a motor swap on. I cleaned everything up, rebuilt the fuel pump, went through carb, etc.
It starts fine and idles nicely. Maybe a little bit of idle hang. My high end bog comes at wide open throttle. If I back off to about 3/4 throttle it runs pretty darn nice, but anything above that and it falls on its face.
It seemed to be lean, so I adjusted the float for more fuel. i actually had the carb on and off twice before I felt I was really close to the 25MM height. Still no joy.
Left plug is showing lean, so then I start to suspect PTO side crank seal. I warm it up and reach in behind the clutch with the wand on a can of MAF cleaner and sprayed the heck out of it. This had no effect on the idle speed.
I then checked the intake manifold, all good there too but I snugged up the bolts a bit anyway, no change.
Is the PTO side crank seal exposed on this machine? I started to wonder about it being exposed vs behind a plate or some such thing that might have rendered my test unreliable.
This one has me a bit stumped so far. What do you all think?
Thanks for any input.
