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Old 09-12-2011, 03:53 AM
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glastronjohn
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Default RE: Startup Questions, Gas CAT

I opened up the carb and cleaned it out. The new NGK plug was to small. (This must be an older engine.) So I soaked the oldplug in cleaner,sanded the contacts andadjusted the throttle to about 25% open at idle. Pulled on it a few times and heard a pop. I used a twist tie to hold the throttle open about half way. Pulled on it again, it lit up and went to about 8k rpms!Ijust about jumped out of my pants.This thing sounds angry. I think the main problem was not having the throttle open enough at idle and a slightly fouled plug.

Success! Thanks guys for all of your help.

Ron,
I looked at zippkits. They have some nice stuff.I may order their Easy Vee kitand build one up this winter.I looked around some and realized thatthis boat is different in that the servos are mounted on their sides. So I have to take moststuff apart to adjust the controls.Thanks for the link.