Lenny
08-17-2009, 11:00 AM
:D Think of this story with this playing in the background... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycmb7_LvsA :D
Anyways, yesterday, Deneen and I went out in the X at lunch on our 1st Anniversary to the waterfront Restaurant we were at last year on our Wedding day. I pull away from the buoy to go pick her up at the dock and lo and behold, Jeremy (Fogducker) shows up in front of me with a buddy as he is heading out for a cruise too. :) We hook up and run together for a long while, 15-20 miles, whereas we get to our Restaurant and head inside for snacks and refreshments. About an hour and a half passes and we phone Jeremy ( he is still somewhat in the area) and we re-connect and decide to travel back towards the cottage. Halfway there we both decide to run to a different watering hole and go fill-up at a local gas dock for the journey ahead. 20-30 miles.
***NOTE*** my tach ( original Teleflex) has been showing low RPMS when in fact I know i am seeing 5300 rpm WOT and 2800-3500 cruise speeds. It goes back to normal every once in a while.
We go for the run, and then decide to run to a different one a ways further due to congestion at the Pub.
Once there (all is good) we dock, go inside, have some fun, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah. Jeremy ends up with this blonde in his boat for $hits and giggles and wants to go for a "spin" and a smoke and a beer etc. We hang out in the bay with them, borrow his camera, take lots of pics of them as he never gets pics of him in his boat, let alone with a beautiful blonde ;) . :tongue: He heads back to the Pub to drop her off and Deneen and I decide to run back the "sunset route" way. At about 2500 rpms, staring at the sun starting to go down ( 7:30 pm-ish) the motor goes bang, bang, bang, backfires, loses all power, barely idles etc. ( All ignition type sounds. I turn it off, take a look, all looks fine. I go to restart it and it will only idle, will not come off idle. Turn it off again, look closer, try to restart. This time NO STARTY . :( Quickly I realize that not being able to idle is going to be a REAL problem, ( or start even ) and we are basically the only boat on the water in the area and it is vast. I call Jeremy as he went a different way back and leave a message. He calls back and after re-fueling again, comes to see us and the obvious ( a long tow ) decends upon him (us) :( .
Upon closer inspection, I notice clear-ish oil in the rear valley of the intake manifold, right around the distributor. (350) Then I go to touch the coil, and it is so $uckin hot it is like a stove burner. Also, the bakelight end where the coils wire comes out of appears cracked.
So, Jeremy and friend, Deneen and I, hook up the boats, and start what was about a 3 hour, 4-5 knot tow, that didn't get us to our destination (Piers Island) until 10:30 pm :eek: :eek: :eek: We had 500' Ferries blasting their spotlights on us out in the middle of nowhere, large vessels slowing down, etc, etc, etc, out in the pitch black and absolutely FREEZING :yes: When I got back to the cabin I drained the hot water tank trying to warm up.
Jeremy, refused to take any money. :smash:
Anyways, thanks Jeremy :yes: That was beyond the call of duty and surely had to rank in the top 10 of $hitiest adventures on the Ocean.
OK, what do you think happened ? why was the coils so FREAKING hot ? why the clear oil, why the tach mis-readings ? What caused this ? What will fix it ?
The thing runs fabulously, idles perfectly, runs cool, has lots of power. Not a single complaint, period. Until this mis-fire thng.
I have a Marine Mallory distributor set-up and Mallory coil that I bought off of farmer Tex about 5 years ago. It has never even had the slightest hiccup.
I am using the Blue HEI Mallory distributor deal and HO coil. ( or, ... was )
Here is the coil ... http://www.cpperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=4227
Anyways, yesterday, Deneen and I went out in the X at lunch on our 1st Anniversary to the waterfront Restaurant we were at last year on our Wedding day. I pull away from the buoy to go pick her up at the dock and lo and behold, Jeremy (Fogducker) shows up in front of me with a buddy as he is heading out for a cruise too. :) We hook up and run together for a long while, 15-20 miles, whereas we get to our Restaurant and head inside for snacks and refreshments. About an hour and a half passes and we phone Jeremy ( he is still somewhat in the area) and we re-connect and decide to travel back towards the cottage. Halfway there we both decide to run to a different watering hole and go fill-up at a local gas dock for the journey ahead. 20-30 miles.
***NOTE*** my tach ( original Teleflex) has been showing low RPMS when in fact I know i am seeing 5300 rpm WOT and 2800-3500 cruise speeds. It goes back to normal every once in a while.
We go for the run, and then decide to run to a different one a ways further due to congestion at the Pub.
Once there (all is good) we dock, go inside, have some fun, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah. Jeremy ends up with this blonde in his boat for $hits and giggles and wants to go for a "spin" and a smoke and a beer etc. We hang out in the bay with them, borrow his camera, take lots of pics of them as he never gets pics of him in his boat, let alone with a beautiful blonde ;) . :tongue: He heads back to the Pub to drop her off and Deneen and I decide to run back the "sunset route" way. At about 2500 rpms, staring at the sun starting to go down ( 7:30 pm-ish) the motor goes bang, bang, bang, backfires, loses all power, barely idles etc. ( All ignition type sounds. I turn it off, take a look, all looks fine. I go to restart it and it will only idle, will not come off idle. Turn it off again, look closer, try to restart. This time NO STARTY . :( Quickly I realize that not being able to idle is going to be a REAL problem, ( or start even ) and we are basically the only boat on the water in the area and it is vast. I call Jeremy as he went a different way back and leave a message. He calls back and after re-fueling again, comes to see us and the obvious ( a long tow ) decends upon him (us) :( .
Upon closer inspection, I notice clear-ish oil in the rear valley of the intake manifold, right around the distributor. (350) Then I go to touch the coil, and it is so $uckin hot it is like a stove burner. Also, the bakelight end where the coils wire comes out of appears cracked.
So, Jeremy and friend, Deneen and I, hook up the boats, and start what was about a 3 hour, 4-5 knot tow, that didn't get us to our destination (Piers Island) until 10:30 pm :eek: :eek: :eek: We had 500' Ferries blasting their spotlights on us out in the middle of nowhere, large vessels slowing down, etc, etc, etc, out in the pitch black and absolutely FREEZING :yes: When I got back to the cabin I drained the hot water tank trying to warm up.
Jeremy, refused to take any money. :smash:
Anyways, thanks Jeremy :yes: That was beyond the call of duty and surely had to rank in the top 10 of $hitiest adventures on the Ocean.
OK, what do you think happened ? why was the coils so FREAKING hot ? why the clear oil, why the tach mis-readings ? What caused this ? What will fix it ?
The thing runs fabulously, idles perfectly, runs cool, has lots of power. Not a single complaint, period. Until this mis-fire thng.
I have a Marine Mallory distributor set-up and Mallory coil that I bought off of farmer Tex about 5 years ago. It has never even had the slightest hiccup.
I am using the Blue HEI Mallory distributor deal and HO coil. ( or, ... was )
Here is the coil ... http://www.cpperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=4227