1987 comp boat will not start!!!!!!!

[Crowther]

I got it running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hand cranked the pulley till the #1 head was at the top and the rotor was not pointing to the # 1 spark plug wire on the distributor. I checked the other day and thought it was. It was pointing at the wire right above it, so I took all the wires off and made that one the # 1 and just followed the firing order and she started on the first try. Is it alright to do it that way. I figured as long as its going in the correct order it's fine. It purrs like a kitten now. I have a few miner adjustments to tune her up but that's all. I just wanted to make sure it was ok to move the wires around. Thx for all the help everybody

[CornRickey]

That's funny, I just did the same with my SN. I must have switched the wires when I winterized it. It was running with a stumble (but running well) threw a timing light at it and couldn't see any marks. Died trying to get to the marks so I checked td on #1 then checked firing order. Put it back to perfect timing.

[Salty87]

that's great crowther!

got mine running too but not very well. stumbles and surges. hopefully just carb settings.

[CornRickey]

When cranking over my engine, how much gas should come out of the venturi's. Should it be dripping one or two drops ever few seconds or not. Mine is not dripping but pouring out until I c
rank the throttle lever a couple of times then it stops. Is this normal or not. I did rebuild but did not change the needle and seats. the floats seem fine, when I put it upside down the floats are level like they should be. Carb experts I need help

Don't bother with anything else till you fix this. Your running around in circles and not dealing with the obvious stuff first.

[Crowther]

Actually I dealt with all the obvious stuff first. I already fixed the carb and it was the firing order that was wrong. I always look at the easy things first, but thanks for your concern

[jshepp122]

Actually I dealt with all the obvious stuff first. I already fixed the carb and it was the firing order that was wrong. I always look at the easy things first, but thanks for your concern

Just a thought but if you had gas pouring out and flooding it might have flooded into the block, might want to drain the oil and make sure there's no gas in it just as a precaution.

[CornRickey]

Sorry, missed the post that you got it fixed.