i just got my tc31 back together after a long long time down and its having trouble starting. when it does it doesnt run right and is very hesitant. and it revs nice a few times then shuts down and is amother f#@%er to start again iput the needles back to stock recomended setting and the g-plug is brand new and still being a piece.i dont really know where to put the idle screw ? orwhat steps to take to get this thing going good again if anyone hasany ideas for me id be stoked....thanks

try cleanning the carb.. found that out on my.18 miss vegas.. had gunk in the inlet.. take that carb apart and clean it out.. plus check for any pin holes in fuel lines and presser tube.. that can also cause that troubles too..

i just got through cleaning everything top to bottom when i put the boat back together and i put new tubes on the whole thing so i dont know about that being an issue.

2.5 turns from closed on both the high and low. i take it that is a dynamite .32

and check to make sure that the head bolts are tight.

lol i tried the stock settings at 2 1/5 on both and it still sucks. and the bolts are tight but the one thing i dont know if it would matter...it never did before but ive got all the shims out of the head..... and yes its a dyn.32

Does the Dynamite .32 have a ported piston? If it does, you might have installed backwards. Just a thought.

its clearanced for the crank if it was in backwards it wouldnt even turn over

Is your fuel as old as the boat? ha ha just kiddin but old fuel will make for an untuneable engine.

removing all the shims from the head will make a difference.

how many shims were there and what are the thickness,

also, what % nitro are you running.

Dan.

i had been running it before the majortear down with no shims in it and it ran good. im running byron 20%nitro. brand new bottle..... and for laughs i put back in a 2mm shim but havent tried startng it today cleaning up house after new years party lol. i just dont thinkmy boat likes me right now i left her in the closet to long now im paying the price.

it's like a women..need attention too......if you dont pay attention you'll be paying for it..try putting new fuel lines and tune pipe pressure lines and see if that helps...

when ypu say its hard to re start it is it because it is flooded out or is it to lean. where there is no fuel getting to th e carb to re start it.

lol ya thats why everyone refers to boats as girls ha ha ha. but anywho i put all new tubes on the whole boat. and it seems to me that its flooding out. but at the same time when it does start it isnt untill the carb is spitting out fuel all over and it gets real tight turning over. then itll fire and the next time i go to start it it just straight floods out. and yes the glow plugs burn great outside the boat and the ignitor is fully charged.

try this settting, LSN from 3/4- 1 1/4 turn,,,,HSN 1 1/2 - 2, try to do some combination adjustment within that turns,, dynamite like to flood big time, but once u got the sweet spot u'l love it....

ill give that a shot wave waker by the way i went through the whole thread about your tc 31 os.46 build and god damn i wish i had your boat lol that thing is nasty fast dude kudos to you nice build id like to pick your brain some on some good mods for this boat but i gotta get it running right first and then go from there